10 July 1319 . Eboracum York . For Bertran Assalit and Ramon Assalit, his brother .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony and the constable of Bordeaux to summon the king’s council there and, having sought advice, inquire whether Bertran Assalit and Ramon-Guilhem Assalit, his brother have incurred their expenses in the defence of the king’s right. If so, they are to make satisfaction to them, and the constable is to have allowance in his account. It has been shown on the brothers' behalf that a certain serjeant of France , called Colom , was adjudged for certain felonies and excesses committed in the duchy, and that they hanged him by command of the then seneschal. Since then they have been put to intolerable expenses in the court of France because of what they did in defence of the king’s right, to their great damage, the king has been asked to help them, and wishes to grant their request.

By K.

13 November 1319 . Eboracum York . For certain citizens of the city of Lectoure .

Order to Fossato, de Amaniu du Foussat, kt , governor of the seneschalcy of the duchy , the seneschal of Gascony, the constable of Bordeaux, and their lieutenants, to call those who ought to be called, and obtain fuller information concerning the lease of certain woods to the citizens of Lectorensis Lectoure , and if they find that the woods were leased to them in hereditary leasehold ( in emphiteosim ) by the authority of the king’s father for a fixed annual rent, and the rent was paid and the wood taken into the king’s hands, then they should restore it to them. The citizens claim that those woods near the city were granted to them for an annual rent to be paid to the king’s father by the hands of the bayle of Florencia Fleurance . They complain that they were taken into the king’s hands by a bayle of the king of those parts, though they have paid, and are still paying, that rent, and they request a remedy.

By K. and C.

20 July 1319 . Eboracum York . For Odet de Miossens .

Confirmation of the appointment during pleasure made by Monte Acuto William de Montague, seneschal of Gascony , of Melleseintz Odet de Miossens, king’s valet , to the office of mayor of Burdegala Bordeaux .

By K. by the information of Burdeg’ Oliver de Bordeaux .

Same as above For Odet de Miossens .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony and the constable of Bordeaux to compensate Milleseintz Odet de Miossens , king’s valet , constable of the Malus Leo castle of Mauléon , for the expenses that he has been put to for the repair of the castle, and the buildings within the castle, and of the mills outside the same. He is to receive from Miossens his letters patent attesting the expenses by which the constable may have due allowance in his account.

By K. by the information of Oliver [de Bordeaux] .

18 August 1319 . Anebell Amble . For Pey Micol of Bazas and Peyroneta, his wife, and Pey Roux of Saint-Macaire .

Order to Monte Acuto William de Montague, seneschal of Gascony , or his lieutenant, to call Pey Micol of Besaz Bazas , merchant , Petronilla Peyrona, his wife , Rous Pey Roux of Sanctus Macarius Saint-Macaire , and Master Gitardi Johan Guitard before him, and hear their arguments. If he finds find that Micol and his wife and Roux legitimately held a fishery on the river Garan Garonne from Sanctus Macarius Saint-Macaire as far as the terra gasqua Terre gasque ¹ and took the profits issuing from the same, then he is to cause them to have the full and speedy justice that in accordance with the fors and customs of those parts ought to be done, so that the same complaint does not come to the king again. The king has received a serious complaint from Micol, his wife and Roux that they held the same by right of Peyrona's and Roux’s inheritance until Guitard impeded them to their cost, loss and disinheritance, for which they have requested justice, and the king wishes justice be done.

22 September 1319 . Novum Castrum super Tynam Newcastle upon Tyne . For Arnaut de Commarque .

Grant to Comart Arnaut de Commarque, usher of the chamber of Pope John XXII , of the office of king’s serjeant-at-arms , in consequence of which a mace has been sent to him. On account of his service to the pope he cannot reside in the king’s household, so the king has granted to him that he should receive from the treasurer of Agennesium Agenais the wages and robes which pertain to the office in his absence, namely 12 d.st. a day for his wages, and 40 s.st. a year for his robes. ¹

By p.s.

Same as above

20 October 1319 . Eboracum York . For L[uca], cardinal deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony and the constable of Bordeaux, or their lieutenants that, if they find that L[uca Fieschi], cardinal deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata , or his attorney or proctor, have not been paid the sum of 1,000 m.st. which the king granted him, or any part of it, then they should cause payment to be made according to the king's mandate. They are to receive from the cardinal, or his attorney or proctor, his letters of acquittance, and the constable will receive due allowance in his account. The king granted the sum to him as a gift for his coming to England on the king’s business and that of his realm, and returning to the Holy Father, and commanded the seneschal and constable to pay it from the issues of the duchy. The cardinal has let the king know that he has not obtained payment.

By K.

25 October 1319 . Eboracum York . For William de Montague .

Order to Ellesfeld' Richard de Elsfield , constable of Bordeaux , to pay Monte Acuto William de Montague, seneschal of Gascony , as much as the king elsewhere granted to him in excess of his customary fee from the issues of the duchy, receiving from the seneschal the king’s letters patent, as the king has granted the same to the seneschal in aid of his expenses in governing the duchy, as a gift.

By p.s.

6 November 1319 . Eboracum York . For Amaniu du Foussat .

To all prelates, barons, knights and free tenants, mayors, jurats, consuls, communities, castellans, prévôts, bayles and faithful subjects in the duchy.

Letters of intendancy in favour of Fossato, de Amaniu du Foussat , whom the king has appointed to govern the duchy until, by the king's council, he appoints a new seneschal. The king wishes to provide for the government of the duchy following the death of Monte Acuto William de Montague, late seneschal of Gascony .

Same as above For the provision of counsel and aid for Amaniu [du Foussat] .

Request to la Bret Aymeric d'Albret ¹ to assist Fossato, de Amaniu du Foussat with speedy and appropriate counsel and aid in matters touching the king’s business and the government of the seneschalcy, as the king has appointed Foussat to govern in the duchy following the death of Monte Acuto William de Montague, late seneschal of the duchy , until a new seneschal is appointed by the king's council. ²

20 July 1319 . Eboracum York . For Niccolò [Alberti], bishop of Ostia .

Order sicut alias to the constable of Bordeaux to pay Niccolò [Alberti], [cardinal] bishop of Hostiensis Ostia , his annual pension and its arrears from the issues of his bailiwick, according to the tenor of previous orders to him. He is to receive the bishop’s letters patent attesting receipt of the money, and the constable will receive due allowance in his account. The king, by his letters patent, granted the pension of 50 m.st. to the bishop to be taken annually at Easter for his service to the king in the Roman curia, and the constable was ordered to pay the sum or its equivalent in other money to the bishop, or his proctor or attorney, but has not done so.

By K.

5 August 1319 . Novum Castrum super Tynam Newcastle upon Tyne . For Johan de Bouygues .

To all the king’s ministers and faithful subjects in the duchy of Aquitaine.

Order that under no circumstances is Boygas Johan de Bouygues, merchant , to be troubled for the four tuns of wine delivered to him following a court action against de Badet Arnaut Dubédat . Lately, at the request of Bouygues, it was notified by the king's letters patent that it had been alleged at Bouygues' prosecution that Arnaut Dubédat owed him 10 l. 10 s.st. , and Dubédat was attached by six tuns of wine in Kyngeston super Hull' Kingston upon Hull by the king's bailiffs there. Because Dubédat did not come into court there to answer Bouygues according to the law merchant, four of the tuns of wine, which were valued at 12 l. , were delivered to Bouygues by the court's consideration on the condition that if Dubédat, within a year and a day, defended himself in the action concerning Bouygues, he could have the four tuns back or their value in money. Otherwise, after that time the four tuns should remain to Bouygues, as was found by the record before the bailiffs which has come before the king, and is more fully contained in the king's letters. It is now the court's decision that Bouygues should keep the four tuns for the debt and his damages without any restitution to Dubédat, as is more fully contained in the record and process of the bayles which has come before the king. ¹

3 November 1319 . Eboracum York . For Fortaner de Burgès .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony to cause Demburgeys Fortaner de Burgès to have his writing office of the assize court of the seneschalcy of Agennesium Agenais with the profits pertaining to it, according to the tenor of the king’s letters. This is notwithstanding the grant by the king to Ramon [Durand] and Durandi Guilhem Durand, his brother , of the office for all kinds of inquisitions ( inquestie ), reports ( apprisie ,) and of other commissions. The office was granted to Burgès during pleasure, but the Durand brothers, by the king’s grant by other letters patent, have made and taken inquests and other emoluments pertaining to Burgès' office, and impeded his enjoyment of the same. ¹

By p.s. In duplicate.

6 November 1319 . Eboracum York . For the receiving of the account of Pessaigna Antonio Pessagno of Janua Genoa .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony and the constable of Bordeaux, and their lieutenants, to obtain information on the wines and money that Antonio Pessagno received from the issues of the duchy in the king’s name, or to his use, and also of liveries made by him by the king’s order, and of all other things touching his account. They are to certify the treasurer and barons of the exchequer under the king's seal used in the duchy, and under their own seals together with this writ, so that they can examine the information and proceed to the final account with Pessagno, since he has been charged to account at the exchequer for his receipts when he was seneschal of Gascony.

6 November 1319 . Eboracum York . For the consuls and the communities of the cities of Agen and Condom .

Notification by the king to the consuls and communities of the cities of Agenum Agen and Condomium Condom and the places of Villa Nova Villeneuve[-sur-Lot] , Marmanda Marmande and the castles and places of Agenesium Agenais that he has refused the requests of the nobles of Agenesium Agenais made by their petition to the seneschal of Gascony or to the king requesting that when there is an appeal from the court of a bayle or officer to a higher court, there should be a stay of their jurisdiction or its execution until the appeal judge has pronounced. In addition, they asked that the places over which they have full and shared jurisdiction contiguous to where the king has the same shall be defined; that no officer of the king's shall cite, arrest or hold as pledge any subject of the nobles or otherwise exercise jurisdiction in their territories unless the nobles’ bayle has first been asked [to do it]; that when a baron, prelate or noble has committed an offence in which loss of life ( condemnatio corporum ) or loss of goods applied, he should be judged in the court of Agenais, namely, by barons, knights and burgesses; and that no baron or noble should be subject to torture, but if condemned by other evidence, should be judged guilty in the court of Agenais as above. It has been requested by the consuls and communities and others that this request should not be granted since they have shown the king that it is to their and the king's prejudice. The request will not be granted, unless the consuls and communities and others will first have been informed and their arguments heard and fully understood, and the king forbids the seneschal or anyone else to grant their requests.

By C. In quadruplicate.

Same as above For having an authentic seal in Agenais .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony to have a seal authentic for the governing of the seneschalcy of Agenais made, which should not be changed at the change of seneschal. It is to be delivered to the seneschal of Agenesium Agenais , who should be instructed to appoint by the advice of the king's council of those parts a suitable clerk to keep it, and he should answer for the profits of that seal in the treasury of Agen. It is further ordered to view the ordinance made by Pessaigne Antonio Pessagno when he was seneschal of Gascony and regulate the profits of that seal to the king’s honour and to the advantage of the people of those parts. The consuls and the communities of the cities of Agenum Agen and Condomium Condom , the places of Villa Nova Villeneuve[-sur-Lot] and Marmanda Marmande have petitioned the king and his council there to have this seal made, to be called the seal of the seneschalcy of Agenais. The issues of the seal are to be paid into the treasury of Agenais according to the ordinance made by Pessagno, when he was seneschal of Gascony.

By C. In quadruplicate.

6 November 1319 . Eboracum York . For Jacmes Robert, clerk .

Grant to Jacmes Robert, clerk , of the writing office of the court of the Grande Castrum baylie of Puymirol during pleasure according to the form and effect of the grant of the same office made by commission of Guy Ferre, late seneschal of Gascony , which commission was ratified and approved in the king’s name by John [Salmon], bishop of Norwich , Britannia John de Brittany, earl of Richmond , and the same Guy, whom the king had specially sent to the duchy. Robert had requested the same by his petition, exhibited before the king and his council.

By C.

Same as above For the consuls of Villa Nova Villeneuve[-sur-Lot] .

Order to the seneschals of Gascony and Agenais to examine the ordinance made by Montibus, de Jacmes de Monts, late juge-mage of Agenesium Agenais , ¹ with the council and advice of the king’s council there, those that have sworn oaths ( jurati et de sacro ) that have houses in the town of Villa Nova Villeneuve[-sur-Lot] and keep their corn and wine, or the bulk of it, in their houses, and have lodgers there, can have salt from wherever they wish for their own use. If the ordinances are not prejudicial to the king, nor damaging to the people of those parts, then they should be observed, as the consuls of Villeneuve have requested the same to be done.

Same as above For Master Pey Pouilhon .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony to restore Master Polhom Pey Pouilhon, king's clerk , to the office of controller of the treasury of Agenesium Agenais , without delay. The office was originally granted to him for life by the king's letters patent, as Pouilhon has shown, by his petition before the king and his council. He alleges that Monte Acuto William de Montague, late seneschal of Gascony , removed him from the office unjustly and committed it to Master Huc de Bily , as can be seen by Montague's letters patent shown before the king.

8 November 1319 . Eboracum York . For the consuls of Montréal .

To all seneschals, constables, castellans, prévôts, bayles, ministers and all his faithful subjects in the duchy.

Letters to maintain, protect and defend the consuls of Mons Regalis Montréal in their just liberties and franchises that they have reasonably used, and also their lands, property, rents and all their just possessions from harm and violence, as can be done by right and according to the fors and customs there, as the king has placed them in his special keeping.

By C.

Same as above For protection .

The consuls and community of the Salvitas castle of La Sauvetat in the Gaura county of Gaure have similar letters of protection during pleasure.

By C.

Same as above For the king and the consuls of La Sauvetat in the county of Gaure .

Order to the seneschal of Agennesium Agenais to summon the king’s advocate and others who ought to be called, and inquire diligently into the usurpation of rights in the king's baylie of the Salvitas castle of La Sauvetat by the oaths of good and law-worthy men of the seneschal’s jurisdiction, by which the truth can best be known. Should he find that it is as alleged, then the king and the consuls and community of Salvitas La Sauvetat in the Gaura county of Gaure , should be restored to their rights, and the usurpers and malefactors should be punished, so that the king does not hear of it again. On behalf of the consuls and community of the castle of La Sauvetat it has been shown that the king has the right, which he exercises, to hold as pledges any man living in his baylie of the castle, for whatever reason, and that no other person in the baylie should seek such rights. However, Ot de Sacolhaco , damoiseau , has usurped the king's rights, and is still striving to appropriate a right to hold, as pledges, the king's subjects in the baylie, to the king's prejudice and damage, and he wishes to provide a remedy. ¹

By C.

Same as above For the consuls of the castle of Saint-Puy .

Order to the seneschal of Agenesium Agenais , with the king’s council there, to obtain fuller information about the right of the consuls of the Podium castle of Saint-Puy in the Gaura county of Gaure to collect tolls from the people of the castle and those having possessions in it for its common expenses, which they claim that they and their predecessors, consuls of the town [of Saint-Puy], have peacefully held from time out of mind. If he finds that the collection is not prejudicial to the king, or to the damage of the people there, and that they were accustomed to take it continuously in the past, then he should maintain, protect and defend them according to the fors and customs of those parts. ¹

By C.

Same as above For the consuls and community of the town of Francescas for preserving the king's rights .

Order to the same, together with the king’s council there, to inquire into the alleged usurpation of the king’s jurisdiction in the parishes of Sanctus Ciricius Saint-Cirice , Graolhar Graouilla , la Serra Lasserre and Sanctus Petrus de Feudis Saint-Pierre de Fieux . If it is found that it has been usurped, then the seneschal is to restore it to its original state according to the fors and customs of those parts, so that the complaint of the consuls and community of Franciscanum Francescas should not come to the king again. It was shown to the king on their behalf that Pinibus Sanssaner de Piis, kt and Trenkaleonis Guiraut Trenquéléon, damoiseau , lords of the Mons Caprellus castle of Moncrabeau , and other lords of the fief have deprived the king and his bayle of high and low justice in those parishes and appropriated it to themselves, by erecting gallows, to the king's manifest prejudice. ¹

By C.

Same as above

Same as above

6 November 1319 . Eboracum York . For the king for the keeping of the fair in Moncrabeau .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony, or his lieutenant, to inform himself more fully about the disturbance caused by Pinibus, de Sanssaner de Piis and Trenkalionis Guiraut de Trenquéléon, damoiseau , lords of Mons Caprillus Moncrabeau , of the king’s rights to hold a fair on 21 and 22 July each year in the Mons Caprillus castle of Moncrabeau near Condomium Condom , which the king ought to exercise through his seneschal of Agenesium Agenais and his bayle of Condomium Condom . These latter officials were to arrest and punish those carrying forbidden weapons and other malefactors coming there. The king and his ancestors have possessed those rights from time immemorial, as the consuls of Condomium Condom in Agennesium Agenais have informed him, and so he is to provide speedy remedy so that such things that are attempted to the king’s prejudice be quickly corrected, and may not be attempted in the future. ¹

Same as above For the consuls of the town of Castillonnès .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony to consider with the king’s council in those parts the request of the consuls of Castilhonesium Castillonnès for the king to build four gateways for the defence of their town. He is then to certify the king of his decision, by his letters. The consuls of the town had petitioned the king and council, stating that as their town lies on the border of Agennesium Agenais , near the land of the king of France , and their town lacks defences, they had asked him to build four sufficient gateways there, while they would build the rest of the walls and defences around the town at their own costs.

By C.

Same as above For the consuls of Villeneuve in Agenais .

Order to the same to inquire into the request of the consuls of Villa Nova Villeneuve[-sur-Lot] in Agennesium Agenais concerning the butcher stalls and the meat market in Villeneuve[-sur-Lot] ( macelli et domus macellorum ) and then to certify the king of his decision, and that of his council, by his letters. The consuls have petitioned the king and the council for their meat market to be given back to them, since the stalls and meat market which are, and were, of old, in the town’s square, were taken away from them without cause because they had been occupied in the construction of a bridge and other works, and had not been able to build a suitable meat market there. They offer to refund any expenses incurred in the building's construction, and will have a strong and sufficient building made for the holding of assizes, parliaments and other meetings, at their own expense. In addition, they are prepared to make an annual payment for the benefit of the same, as is the case at Mons Falquinus Monflanquin and elsewhere in the Agenesium Agenais .

By C.

27 November 1319 . Eboracum York . For William de Stok’ .

Appointment during pleasure of William de Stok’ to the office of general serjeant in the duchy, with an order of intendancy.

27 November 1319 . Eboracum York . For the revoking of the commission of Ramon and Guilhem Durand .

Revocation by the king of the grant he made by his letters patent to Ramon [Durand] and Durandi Guilhem Durand of the office of holding, taking and executing all inquisitions, reports and other commissions, both civil and criminal, by the seneschal or judges of Agenesium Agenais in the seneschalcy, and proclamations, copies, profits and other things reasonably pertaining to the office by themselves or their suitable substitutes whom they will present, during pleasure, and also of their appointment to be his notaries in all the duchy of Aquitaine, all of which was only revocable by special mention in grants or commissions. ¹

By K.

6 November 1319 . Eboracum York . For Master Pey Galician, treasurer of the Agenais .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony to inquire with the king’s council in those parts into the receipt of the issues of the customs and tolls of Marmande in Agennensis Agenais . If he finds that Master Gallicien Pey Galician, treasurer of Agenesium Agenais should receive those issues, then he should deliver them to the treasurer without delay, so that he can answer for them to the constable of Bordeaux , as for other issues of his jurisdiction. It was requested, on behalf of Galician, that the king would grant that from henceforward the treasurer of Agenais should collect the issues of the customs and tolls, and answer for them to the constable, as was customary before the king made over the issues of the duchy to Pope Clement [V] and other people, by reason of which the issues from the customs and tolls of Marmande were collected by others.

By K. and C.

Same as above For the consuls of Villa Nova Villeneuve[-sur-Lot] .

To all seneschals, constables, prévôts, officers and ministers.

Order to ensure that the reasonable privileges and customs of the town of Villeneuve[-sur-Lot] are observed, as the consuls had requested, and that any privileges and customs they will find have been wrongfully claimed beyond those granted to them from the time that the town was built, and subsequently exercised by them, should be restored to their original state.

8 November 1319 . Eboracum York . For the consuls, inhabitants and burgesses of the town of Montréal .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony, or his lieutenant, to investigate the complaints of the consuls, inhabitants and burgesses of Mons Regalis Montréal , and do right in accordance with the fors of those parts. They have informed the king that several malefactors and disturbers of the peace among the men and subjects of the count of Armaniacum Armagnac and Fezensacum Fezensac and the vicomte of Brulhecium Brulhois and Fezensaguellum Fezensaguet , his brother, and also of Lagrauleto Huc de Lagraulet, damoiseau and Monte Alto, de Ot de Montaut, damoiseau , co-lord of Lagrauleto, de Lagraulet , and Joulino, de Beziate de Jaulin , with their accomplices both mounted and on foot and with prohibited weapons, have entered the king’s jurisdiction in the town, and wounded many men and women who were burgesses and subjects of the king. They killed several who were in the king’s safe keeping, and took and imprisoned others from whom they extorted large sums of money, as well as stealing horses, goods and other things, and carrying other goods and chattels away for their own use. In addition, they raped and oppressed virgins and married women, some of whom they abducted, and also committed arson and other damages and crimes, both day and night, in contempt of the king and his peace, and to the great cost of the king’s faithful subjects of those parts. ¹

By C.

22 November 1319 . Eboracum York . For protection for the consuls of Monclar .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony to protect the consuls and community of Mons Clarus Monclar from injury, interference and damage from Fossato, de Amaniu du Foussat, kt , former lieutenant of the seneschal of the duchy , prohibiting him, under pain of forfeiture, from harming or interfering with them, on account of the judgment and execution of the same on ten of his servants. The king has been informed by the consuls and community that they fear that Foussat would inflict damage on them because, by due process, they had punished ten of his serjeants as rapists, plunderers and committers of sacrileges and public defamations in the town, one of whom was Foussat's bastard , and they have requested due immunity, and the king has taken them into his protection. ¹

By K. and C.

22 November 1319 . Eboracum York . For the resolution of the disagreement between the mayor and jurats of Bordeaux and the merchants of Agenais .

Order to Master Ellesfeld' Richard de Elsfield, king’s clerk , constable of Bordeaux to inform Master Hildesle John de Hillesley and Cantuar' Henry de Canterbury , whom the king has sent to the duchy on other public business, of the agreement made by Monte Acuto William de Montague, late seneschal of Gascony in the dispute between the mayor, jurats and community of Burdegala Bordeaux and the merchants of Agennesium Agenais , Caturc' Quercy and Albiensis Albigeois . This arose because of the custom imposed on the wine of those merchants which was brought to the city of Bordeaux by the king of France in the time of war in the duchy, which was incomplete at the time of Montague's death. The constable, with Hillesley and Canterbury and others of the king’s council there, are to bring about peace between the parties, for the king’s honour and their benefit, so that there is no more dissension or discord, until the council is more fully able to deliberate on the matter and do what is necessary.

By K.

6 November 1319 . Eboracum York . For the death of Bernat Ossales and others .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony, or his lieutenant, to call the king’s advocate of those parts and do full and speedy justice upon the lord of Caprillius Moncrabeau , and his men and servants in the Mons Caprillus castle of Moncrabeau and other parishes, in which the king has high and low justice. They are responsible for the wicked deaths of Bernat Ossales , Bernat Espaon , sometimes called Trenchaunt , servants of the household of Ges Arnaut-Lop de Gez, bayle of Condomium Condom , Pererus Doat de Pereyre , Estèbe de la Frayffagna and Drulhet Arnaut-Guilhem Druillet , the king's serjeants of the town of Condom . In addition, they are guilty of the theft of cattle, oxen and other animals, and goods and chattels from the king’s men within his jurisdiction for which they were prosecuted, and also of taking merchants on the public road and holding them until they had extorted money from them for their ransom, and for assaulting the king’s officers and carrying prohibited arms. The seneschal should do what he thinks ought to be done, according to the fors and customs there.

By K. and C.

Same as above For the consuls of the fortified place of Saint-Puy .

Order to the seneschal of Agenesium Agenais to examine the agreements made between the nobles who reside in the fortified place of Podium Saint-Puy in the Gaura county of Gaure on the one part, and the people of the place on the other, concerning the contributions and taxes to be paid by the same community, and which the consuls of the castle have complained are not now being observed by the nobles. If he finds that they are not to the king’s prejudice, then he should compel the nobles to observe them, as by right and according to the fors and customs there ought to be done. ¹

By K. and C.

30 October 1319 . Eboracum York . For the king, for the gift made to him .

Ratification and confirmation of the agreement made between Lady Isabe [de Lalande], widow of Jaufré-Rudel [V], late lord of Blavia Blaye , and Pessaigne Antonio Pessagno, then seneschal of Gascony , in the king’s name, whereby she remitted for herself and her successors for ever all her interest in her dower, and all her rights, duties, debts, legacies and all other gifts, offerings, bonds, fruits and issues, and all personal and real actions, and all benefices, privileges or aids pertaining to her by reason of her dower, by which she has a claim on the goods, inheritances, lordships and jurisdictions which were her late husband’s, and she warranted the same to the king and his seneschal. In return she received 3,000 l.t.parv.nig. of which she has acknowledged receipt, and 400 l.t. of annual rent from the customs, and from the great custom of the Burdeg’ castle of Bordeaux each year for her life, which Pessagno assigned her and commanded the constable of Bordeaux to pay, namely 200 l. on 1 November and the remainder at Easter. With regard to the rent and issues of Sutiacum Civrac , ¹ Sanctus Savinus Saint-Savin , and Vitrados Vibrac ² which the seneschal, in the king’s name, granted to Isabe for life, it has been granted that she should be able to take up to 70 l.bord. , to be held for ten years after the end of her life, after which it should revert to the king just as is more fully expressed in public instruments made on this matter. ³

By K.

24 November 1319 . Eboracum York . For Master John de Hillesley .

Order to the constable of Bordeaux to pay Master Hildesle John de Hillesley, king's clerk , his expenses at the rate of 8 s. st. a day or the value of the same in other money from the time he arrives in Burdegala Bordeaux until his return to the king, since the king is sending him to Gascony to expedite some of the king’s business, and has caused him to be paid his travel expenses. The constable is to receive Hillesley's letters patent attesting to the payment of the same so that he can have have due allowance in his account.

28 November 1319 . Eboracum York . For Pey de Montauzer .

Commitment during pleasure, at the request of Isabella [of France], queen of England , the king's consort , to Montaus’ Pey de Montauzer, king's serjeant-at-arms , of the Mountendre baylie of Montendre in Xantonensis Saintonge , rendering to the king as much as others would reasonably offer for the same, with the right to nominate a substitute while Montauzer is overseas in the king’s service. ¹

By p.s.

Same as above For the king concerning credence .

To the bishops, abbots, prelates, religious, nobles, communities and others residing in the vicomtés of Bearnium Béarn and Marcianum Marsan .

Letters of credence in favour of Mille Sanctis, de Ot de Miossens, mayor of Burdegala Bordeaux , Medici Aubert Mège, king’s clerk and Campania Guilhem de Campagne, prévôt of the Insula Olronis Île d’Oléron , whom the king is sending to them, and to what they will disclose to them on the king's behalf.

4 December 1319 . Eboracum York . For the auditing and allowing of accounts .

Order to Master Ellesfeld’ Richard de Elsfield, king’s clerk , constable of the castle of Bordeaux , to audit all the accounts of the former constables of Bordeaux, and of the treasurers and receivers of the duchy deputed to receive its issues on behalf of Pope C[lement] V by reason of a certain bond made by the king with the late pope and certain cardinals and knights named in the bond, and which Monte Acuto William de Montague, kt , late seneschal of Gascony , committed to Elsfield to audit. These accounts have not yet been audited or allowed. Elsfield is to cause those who submit the accounts that he has audited to receive letters of acquittance.

By K. and C.

4 December 1319 . Eboracum York . For the king for the punishing for an offence .

Order to Fossato, de Amaniu du Foussat, lord of Madalhanum Madaillan , kt , governor of the seneschalcy of the duchy , and the seneschal of Gascony to ensure that those who have killed Master Fulcherii Pey Foucher, late the king’s procurator in the duchy , on the public road near the portus de Traiectus port of Trajet , are punished, if what the king understands is the case is found to be true. Their actions were in open contempt of the king and all his officers, and this should be done so that his officers shall feel secure in future, and that all will be too afraid to commit such crimes. ¹

8 November 1319 . Eboracum York . For the king, consuls and community of Francescas .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony to obtain information, by whatever means he considers best, and if necessary by the oaths of good and law-worthy men of his bailiwick by whom the truth can better be known, concerning both the jurisdiction of the place of Galordum Goulard possessed by the bayle of Francescanum Francescas at the time it was withdrawn, and the usurpation of that jurisdiction, and on what authority and at what time Galardo, de Bertran de Galard, damoiseau did this, and in what way, and also on the exchange with the town that Bertran de Galard claimed to have made for them, and on all other things touching it. He should certify the king of what is found without delay, under his seal of office, with the writ. The consuls and community of Francescanum Francescas have shown the king that he had had for a long time high and low jurisdiction at Goulard near Francescas, and exercised it through the bayle of the town, but that Bertran de Galard appropriated the jurisdiction, to the king's prejudice and his town's, erecting a gallows there, and he swears that he had the jurisdiction in exchange for certain goods, although the consuls and community know nothing of either the goods or exchange. ¹

By C.

6 November 1319 . Eboracum York . For observing the royal right .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony, or his lieutenant, to call the king’s attorney or proctor there and obtain fuller information with the king’s council there concerning the king's jurisdiction in the parishes of Liaroliis, de Lialores , of Vicus Novus Vicnau , Sanctus Ciricius Saint-Cirice , Guauranum Gauran , Gelambacum , Spiasacum Espiessac , Canois Cannes , Marcaris Marcadis , and Artigie Artigues near the city of Condom, which his officers of Condom in Agen' Agenais ought to exercise on his behalf. He should ordain for the defence of the king’s rights there, so that his royal rights are in no way diminished, and that all things attempted to the king’s prejudice and to the derogation of his status are put right. The king has learned that the jurisdiction in those parishes, and the high and low jurisdiction in cases arising there, which his officers, and those of his progenitors, were accustomed to exercise from time immemorial, have been claimed by the lord of Mons Caprillus Moncrabeau , who, wishing to remove this jurisdiction, has appealed to the court of the king of France , and impeded the king's officers by armed force.

Same as above For the consuls of Villeneuve concerning the assessment of the corn-tax .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony to make inquiries concerning the levying of the corn-tax ( bladata ) at Villa Nova Villeneuve[-sur-Lot] in Agenesium Agenais , and if he finds that it is not to the king’s damage or prejudice to receive a lump sum instead of the corn, then he is to see to it that the corn is assessed, and that sum is received annually for the king’s use. The consuls of Ville Nove Villeneuve[-sur-Lot] in Agenesium Agenais have requested that the corn-tax be assessed at a proper price, and that it may be paid in a lump sum. The corn tax, namely 20 sesters of corn and oats, has to be paid to the king annually by the inhabitants of the rural area outside of the town ( exium ), and from the time when the town of Villeneuve was built the people have moved from there and gone to live in the town, believing that they were exempt from the corn-tax because of the franchises and liberties of that place. However, it is still being demanded of them, and it is a problem to levy the grain for the king's benefit in small quantities from so many scattered dwellings. Or at the very least, because of these difficulties, the corn-tax should be annexed to the baylie of the town.

By C.

6 November 1319 . Eboracum York . For widow Isabe .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony and the constable of Bordeaux, or their lieutenants, to deliver the places of Sutiacum Civrac , ¹ Sanctus Savinus Saint-Savin , Bran , and Vitrades Vibrac to Isabe [de Lalande], widow of Jaufré-Rudel [V], late lord of Blavia Blaye , or her proctors, without delay if they have not already been delivered. If they have been delivered by Pessaigne Antonio Pessagno, late seneschal of Gascony , or by his order in the king’s name, then Isabe and her people are to hold the places without impediment. Pessagno, when he was seneschal, assigned to Isabe the rent issuing from those places for her gift and quittance to the king of her dower and all other monies, debts and legacies due to her by reason of her dower. She was to receive the rent for her life up to the value of 70 l.bord. , and it was to be paid until ten years after her death, after which it was to revert to the king.

By C.

1 December 1319 . Eboracum York . For Fortaner Caillau .

Order to the treasurer of Agennesium Agenais , or his lieutenant, to deliver to Caillow Fortaner Caillau, the king's serjeant-at-arms , the la Romeu baylie of La Romieu in the Agenesium Agenais with all its issues, as soon as the issues of the duchy which the king assigned to Pope C[lement] V return to the king’s hands, since he granted the same to Caillau by his letters patent for his past and continued good service. It is to be held during pleasure in person or by a suitable substitute on condition that should the issues of the baylie exceed 12 l. a year then Caillau is to answer for the surplus to the king through the treasurer. The treasurer is to have due allowance in his account for the same.

1 December 1319 . Eboracum York . For Faydit de Monbreton .

Order sicut alias to the seneschal of Gascony and the constable of the castle of Bordeaux, or their lieutenants, to deliver without delay to Mountbreton’ Faydit de Monbreton, the king’s valet-at-arms , the custody of the Molers castle of Molières and pay his wages as long as he holds the same, since the king has committed it to Monbreton during pleasure and ordered the castle and wages to be delivered and paid, but nothing has been done. The constable is to receive due allowance for the wages in his account. ¹

1 December 1319 . Eboracum York .

Order to the governor of the seneschalcy of Gascony ¹ and the constable of Bordeaux, or their lieutenants, to commit the Mons Clarus baylie of Monclar to Ramon-Guilhem Assalit, brother of Galhart Assalit, the king’s valet , since the king ordered the then seneschal and constable to commit the same to him during pleasure, rendering as much for the same as those who then held it reasonably rendered, with the proviso that nothing should be done in this regard against the king’s assignment of the issues of the duchy to Pope C[lement V] , but the baylie has not been committed to Assalit.

4 December 1319 . Eboracum York . For Guy de Rochefort . ¹

Order to Fossato, de Amaniu du Foussat, governor of the seneschalcy of Gascony , to commit the office of seneschal of Agenais to Rupe Forti, de Guy de Rochefort, kt , by his letters under the seal of the king’s court of Gascony, to hold the same during the king's and seneschal of Gascony’s pleasure, as the king has been given to understand that Monte Acuto William de Montague, then seneschal of Gascony appointed Rochefort to the same office with the advice of the king’s council of Gascony. ²

By K. and C.

5 December 1319 . Eboracum York . For the king and his subjects of Bernium Béarn .

Order to the same and the seneschal of Gascony that the king, wishing to secure himself and his subjects, has committed them to apply all diligence and care concerning the preservation and defence of the king's rights in the Bernium vicomté of Béarn , which is subject to the king and makes appeals ( resort ) to him, as he has been told by several people that certain people are striving to enter into agreements with the king of France concerning land that pertains to the vicomté which are prejudicial and damaging to the king.

4 December 1319 . Eboracum York . For the king for the renunciation of fees .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony to induce those members of the king's council in those parts who also take fees from magnates there to give them up if they wish to remain in the council, and the seneschal should remove those who do not wish to do so and replace them with suitable substitutes. The king has heard that many of his council there are members of the councils of magnates, taking fees and pensions from the same, and frequently obstruct truth and justice concerning those from whom they take fees.

Same as above For the removal of insufficient serjeants and their replacement with competent ones in Gascony .

Order to the same to take advice with the king's council of those parts, and remove unsatisfactory serjeants and appoint in their place as many as he considers necessary for the utility of the people of those parts. The king has been informed that many of the serjeants in the duchy are unsatisfactory, and that for the utility of the king and the people there, satisfactory substitutes should be appointed, as appropriate, to serve with horses and arms in the office.

Same as above For the enclosure and fortifying of the Île d’Oléron and the castle of the same place. .

Order to the same to obtain information about, and inquire into, the enclosure and fortification of the insula de Olerone Île d’Oléron , and then certify the king quickly of his findings. The king has been informed that the Île and the castle there are deficient in enclosure and fortification, and that the people of the island would want to continue to live there if it is fortified. In addition he should sell wood or timber from the forest there up to the value of 2,000 l.t. , from which the king currently receives no profit, and when it has been cut down the king could get 100 l.t. from the pasture until the trees grow again.

Same as above For the king, for attending the parlements of the king of France .

Order to the same to attend the parlements of France in person and defend the king's rights with diligence. If he has legitimate reasons not to go, then he should send a sufficient person in his place, so that the king's rights are not imperilled because of the seneschal's insufficiency. The king has learned from his council that it would be expedient for the king and his subjects of the duchy for the seneschal to attend the parlements of France in person, to defend with energy and vigour matters touching the king and the status of his duchy.

Same as above For not distributing money and other things without the advice of the constable of Bordeaux .

Order and prohibition to the seneschal of Gascony, or his lieutenant that, in future difficult business concerning the king and his duchy, he should not presume to give orders, money or augment fees or wages without the advice of the constable of Bordeaux. If he does, then he should realise that it will be void, since the king has been informed that many seneschals have been accustomed to distribute the king's money to unworthy people and to increase the fees and wages of various of the king's ministers and bayles without the constable's advice, to the king's great prejudice and damage.

Same as above For the payment of fees and wages.

Order to the constable of Bordeaux, or his lieutenant, to pay from the issues of the duchy the customary wages and fees that are owed and assigned to various officers, councillors and ministers of the king in the duchy from times past, inasmuch as the constable is able to find that they are owed, and he will receive due allowance in his account, since the king has been given to understand that many officers, councillors and ministers of the duchy have not been satisfied for their fees and daily wages from when they left their homes on the king's business, at which he is greatly surprised.

By K. and C.

5 December 1319 . Eboracum York . For Lop-Bergunh de Bordeaux .

Confirmation of the grant for life by Guiraudonis Robert Guiraudon, the elder , sub-mayor and the jurats of the community of Burdegala Bordeaux to Burdegala Lop-Bergunh de Bordeaux, born in Morlanis, de Morlaàs , citizen of Bordeaux , of the house that lies between the Rosella two gates of la Rousselle in the city, and which adjoins the first gate lying between the walls of the city, with its issues. It extends from the carriageway in front of the house between the two gates as far as the close of the house ( domus sue dicte civitatis ) which is at the rear and which is held by Rama Ramon-Arnaut de la Rame, canon of the Burdegala church of Bordeaux . Afterwards, at the king’s request, the mayor and jurats of the city granted it in fee to Lop-Bergunh and his heirs forever, rendering 5 s. bord. as a relief at the change of the lord, and 5 s. bord. of annual rent payable on 26 July at the Sanctus Elegius town hall of Saint-Éloi in the city, as more fully appears in a public document sealed with the seal of the community searched out and exhibited before the king by Prato, de Johan Duprat, notary of Bordeaux ( publicum cartularium Burd’ ).

By K.

6 December 1319 . Eboracum York . For the king, and for Lady Alaïtz, daughter and heiress of Lord Jaufré[-Rudel V], lord of Blaye and others .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony and the constable of Bordeaux, or their lieutenants, to give Lady Alaïtz, daughter and heiress of Lord Jaufré[-Rudel V], lord of Blaive Blaye , deceased , Guilhem-Bernat [d'Ornon] and Galhart [d'Ornon] , her sons, and Engebina, her daughter , full possession of all that the king has given them by agreement, to hold the same in the manner more fully expressed in the public instrument made by Rivali, de Arnaut de Rival of Bordeaux , notary public of the king in the duchy , and to cause the arrears in the 11,000 l.t. to be paid, the constable receiving due allowance in his account for the payment. By the agreement made between the lady and her sons and daughter on the one part, and Monte Acuto, de William de Montague, kt , late seneschal of Gascony and Master Fulcheri Pey Foucher, king's proctor in the duchy in the king's name, on the other, the lady and her sons and daughter granted and remitted to the king and his heirs the castle , castellet, town, castellany and Blavia barony of Blaye , high and low justice with both complete and shared jurisdiction, and every kind of benefit that they have in the lordship and territory of Blaye and of Blaesium Blayais . ¹ In return for this the seneschal and proctor granted them 1,000 l.t.parv.nig. of annual rent assigned on the Camperianum prévôté of Camparian , the lands, common and forest, and certain customs and rents owed to the king and also the barony and banner ( baronia et baneria ) by reason of the complete and mixed jurisdiction of the prévôté, homages, oaths and many other things granted to them in the king's name, and in addition 11,000 l.t.parv. of the king's money as is contained in the public instruments. ²

6 December 1319 . Eboracum York . For the protection of the councillors and other officers of the king in Aquitaine .

Letters of protection granted to the king's councillors, officers and ministers , and all their households, property and possessions, together with their goods, as he has received them into his protection and safe-keeping, because the king has been informed that his councillors and other officers are greatly fearful following the murder of Master Fulcherii, Ruphus Pey Foucher called Roux, late the king's procurator in the duchy. The king orders his seneschals of Gascony, Agennesium Agenais , Petragor' Périgord and Xanctonensis Saintonge to defend them from injury, and if anything has been suffered by them, they should cause amends to be made.

6 December 1319 . Eboracum York . For Master Hélias Gaucem .

Order to the governor of the seneschalcy of Gascony , the seneschal of Gascony and the constable of Bordeaux, or their lieutenants, to permit Master Gaucelmus Hélias Gaucem, king's clerk , to hold the writing office of the court of the Castelhonesium baylie of Castillonnès in Agen' seneschalcy of Agenais , notwithstanding the grant of that office to Peleryn Bernat Péregrin, serjeant-at-arms . Credonio, de Amaury [III] de Craon, late seneschal of Gascony , committed the office to Gaucem, by the king's order, which appointment Pessaigne Antonio Pessagno of Janua Genoa , afterwards seneschal of Gascony , confirmed to Gaucem during pleasure by the king's order, as appears by letters patent sealed with the king's seal of Gascony, which Gaucem has in his possession. Afterwards, the king, not recollecting the commitment of the office to Gaucem, granted the same office to Péregrin during pleasure, and now wishing that Gaucem should not be removed from the office, has ordered that the grant to Péregrin should be revoked.

8 December 1319 . Eboracum York . For Master Aubert Mège .

Order to the constable of Bordeaux to cause Master Medici Aubert Mège, king's clerk to have his robe for the writing office of the Umbreria baylie of the Ombrière of Burdegala Bordeaux , according to the letters patent under the king's seal of the duchy. The king granted the office to Mège for his life with all its emoluments, and afterwards Pessaigne Antonio Pessagno, late seneschal of Gascony , by letters patent under the king's seal of Gascony, ordered those who held the office of bayle after Thomas Coston' , late bayle of the Ombrière , to render the robe, distraining them by their bodies or goods, the same being due to Mège annually at Christmas during his life, and the king wishes that he should have the robe both for times past and in the future.

Same as above For Walter de Conduit of London .

Order to the treasurer of Agenn' Agenais to pay without delay to Conductu Walter de Conduit of London or his attorney bearing these letters of the king the sum of 91 l. 18 s. 8 d.st. , or the value in other money, from the issues of the treasury. This sum is owed to Conduit for wine bought from him in November 1318 for the king's use by Abyndon' Stephen de Abingdon, the king's butler , as appears by bills sealed with the seal of Roger de Northburgh, king's clerk , keeper of the wardrobe , which are in Conduit's possession. He is to receive the bills and letters of acquittance from Conduit or his attorney, and the treasurer will receive due allowance in his account.

16 December 1319 . Brustwyk' Burstwick . For Master Henry de Canterbury .

Order to the constable of Bordeaux to pay from the issues of the duchy the expenses of Master Cantuar' Henry de Canterbury, king's clerk , whom the king is sending to the duchy to expedite certain business, while he is in the duchy on the king's business and for his return to England.

By K. by the information of Ayrem' Richard de Airmyn .

1 January 1320 . Eboracum York . ¹

Order to the seneschal of Gascony and the constable of Bordeaux, or their lieutenants, to deliver to Montaus' Pey de Montauzer, king's serjeant-at-arms , or his suitable deputy the baylie of Mountendre Montendre in Xantonensis Saintonge , rendering annually as much for the same as others have paid in the previous two years. The king granted the office to him during pleasure at the request of Isabella [of France], queen of England , his consort , Montauzer rendering as above, and having the right to appoint a substitute to keep the office as long as he remains in the king's service in England. The king does not want Montauzer to be disturbed by excessive offers for the baylie made by Montauzer's enemies. ²

By K.

10 January 1320 . Eboracum York . For Bertran de Galard .

Order to the constable of Bordeaux, or his lieutenant, to pay Gaillard Bertran de Galard, banneret of Gascony 140 l.st. which the king owes him from the issues of the duchy, and receive from Galard his bills and letters of acquittance, for which the constable will receive due allowance in his account. The king is bound to Galard in this sum for his wages and those of his men-at-arms and crossbowmen when they were at Novum Castrum super Tynam Newcastle upon Tyne for the keeping of the Scottish March in the 13th year of the king's reign, as appears by bills sealed under the seal of Roger de Northburgh, king's clerk , keeper of the wardrobe which are in Galard's possession.

By p.s.

24 January 1320 . Eboracum York . For Geoffroy Hilly .

Order to the constable of Bordeaux to pay Geoffroy Hilly the customary wages for the baylie , castellany and forest of the Insula de Oleroun Île d'Oléron from the 12 December 1318, as the king granted this to him when he was prince of Wales and duke [of Aquitaine] for his good service to the king's father and to the king, and which grant the king afterwards confirmed on 12 December 1318 by his letters patent. ¹

20 February 1320 . Westminster . For Johannis Gaucem [de] Johan, cardinal of Ss. Pietro e Marcellino

Order to the seneschal of Gascony and the constable of Bordeaux that if they find that the treasurer of Petragoricensis Périgord , Caturcensis Quercy and Lemovicensis Limousin delivered the king's fishery ( paxeria nostra ) of Lindia Lalinde , together with the large and small common tax ( magnum et parvum commune ) of the duchy, ¹ to Benedicti Bernat Beneit, proctor of Johannis Gaucem [de] Johan, cardinal priest of Ss. Pietro e Marcellino , for an excessive price, they are to reprimand the treasurer, and cause the fishery and tax to be delivered to the proctor for a reasonable price according to its annual value. The king granted the cardinal 1,000 m.st. for his coming to the king's realm on the king's business, and ordered by his letters to the seneschal and constable that the cardinal or his attorney or proctor should be paid the sum from the issues of the duchy. The seneschal and constable, because they did not have that money at the time, ordered the treasurer to deliver the fishery and tax to Beneit at farm for as much as any other would give for the same, until Beneit, in the name of the cardinal, had been wholly satisfied for the sum. However, the treasurer delivered the fishery and tax to the proctor for an excessive price so that he could not levy the sum. ²

28 February 1320 . Westminster . For protection for Jacmes de Castillon .

To all and singular seneschals, constables, castellans, prévôts, bayles, ministers and faithful subjects of the king.

Letters of protection granted to Castelion Jacmes de Castillon for him and all his possessions for the duration of his appeal brought before the king for certain injuries that he alleges were done to him by the mayor of Aquensis Dax . Castillon and his possessions are to be defended from injury and violence for the duration of the appeal.

By K.

28 February 1320 . Westminster . For Bats de Bézaudun .

Order sicut alias to the constable of Bordeaux to pay 111 l. 14 s. ch. to Betzaudum Bats de Bézaudun, kt , or his attorney from the issues of the duchy or by assignment elsewhere on baylies, rents or farms. He is to receive from Bézaudun or his attorney the king's letters directed to the constable, and his letters of acquittance, and the constable will receive due allowance in his account. The sum is from that 500 l.ch. annuity which E[dward I], the king's father , granted Bézaudun by his letters patent, which letters Bézaudun has surrendered into chancery to be cancelled, which was to be paid at the late king's English exchequer for Bézaudun's maintenance until his lands and tenements were restored. They had been taken into the hands of the king of France because of the late war between the king of France and the king's father, as appears by the account which the king ordered John de Sandale , his clerk, to make with Bézaudun.

24 February 1320 . Eboracum York . For Lop-Bergunh and others etc.

Order to the constable of Bordeaux, or his lieutenant, to inspect the letters of Lop-Bergunh [de Bordeaux], son and heir of Burdeg' Lop-Bergunh de Bordeaux , and if he finds that 400 l.st. is still owed to him and the others and that, despite the order to him, Master Morant Jordan Maurand, king's clerk , formerly constable of Bordeaux , has not paid him, then the sum should be paid to him from the issues of the duchy without delay, receiving from Lop-Bergunh his letters of acquittance and also the letters of the king's father, and those directed to Maurand by the king. The constable will receive due allowance in his account. It was lately asserted on Lop-Bergunh's behalf that the sum was due to him and others as appears by letters patent of E[dward I] , and the king, at the request of Burdeg' Oliver de Bordeaux , king's valet, brother of Lop-Bergunh , ordered Maurand to inspect the letters, and to make satisfaction, and receive the acquittance, but Lop-Bergunh has shown the king that he has not received payment.

7 December 1319 . Eboracum York . Concerning the gift made to the king by Lady Alaïtz, legitimate daughter and heiress of Lord Jaufré-Rudel .

Confirmation of the agreement made between Lady Alaïtz, daughter and heiress of Lord Jaufré-Rudel [V], kt , lord of Blavia Blaye , deceased , with the authority of Guilhem-Fort [d'Ornon], her husband, and Guilhem-Bernat [d'Ornon] ¹ and Ornone, de Galhart d'Ornon , ² her sons, and Engebina, her daughter on the one part, and Monte Acuto William de Montague, kt , late seneschal [of Gascony] , and Master Fulcheri, Ros Pey Foucher, called Roux, king's procurator in the duchy in the king's name on the other part, by which Alaïtz and her sons and daughter remitted to the king and his heirs, kings of England and dukes of the duchy, the Blavia castle, castellet, town, castellany and barony of Blaye , with high and low justice and jurisdiction of every kind, and all their goods in the Blavia lordship and territory of Blaye and of Blaesium Blayais . In return the seneschal and proctor, in the king's name, granted them 1,000 l.t.parv.nig. of annual rent, and assigned the same on the Camperianum baylie of Camparian , the lands, common and forest, customs of Bordeaux and Royani Royan , which lately belonged to the lord of Blaye, the little customs of Bordeaux, Royan and Mauritania Mortagne[-sur-Gironde] , the toll and customs of Herba Faveria Labouheyre , and rents owed by certain people of Labouheyre, ³ rents or aubergade ( alberguate ) ⁴ owed to the king by certain people living outside Labouheyre, and rents owed by men and feudatories of Bernes Bernos . In addition, they were given the barony and banner ( baronia and baneria ) by reason of the jurisdiction of high and low justice of the baylie [of Camparian], homage both of nobles and of others, oaths, fealty due to the king from the inhabitants of Camparian of the lands, commons and forest, and the fisheries, customs and much other immovable property. They were also granted 11,000 l.t.parv. of the king's money as is more fully expressed in the public instrument made by Ryvalii Arnaut de Rival of Burdegala Bordeaux , notary public of the king in the duchy . The grants made by the king are made under the condition that if by sentence the Lady Alaïtz is adjudged not to be her father's heiress, and the lordship of Blaye cannot be legally recovered for the king within twenty years to be computed from the date of the legal instrument, then Alaïtz and the others are bound to restore the rent and all other things assigned to them in return for the lordship, and the 11,000 l.t.parv. given to the lady. If they should be prevented from fulfilling the agreement, and the king loses the castle, the Lady Alaïtz and her sons and daughter are to return the 1,000 l.t.parv.nig. or the office of prévôt, the 11,000 l.t.parv. and the fruits and issues and profits, all possessions and immovable goods received by the lady and her sons and daughter, and they shall not be able to reclaim them. After the twenty years they shall not be required to return the property, but the king will pay the legal costs of recovery. ⁵

8 December 1319 . Eboracum York . For Master Aubert Mège .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony, or his lieutenant, to compel the mayor and jurats of Bordeaux Bordeaux to pay the arrears of the wages of Medici Master Aubert Mège, king's clerk , controller of the mayoralty of Bordeaux Bordeaux , and make them pay the wages in the future.

By K.

5 December 1319 . Eboracum York . For Johan de Harriéta, clerk .

Confirmation of the grant made by the mayor and jurats of the community of Burdegala Bordeaux to Johan de Harriéta clerk , of the writing office of the court of the prévôté of the community of the city with its annual salary, and of the confirmation of this grant made by Gilbert Pecche, kt , late seneschal of Gascony , by his letters patent under the king's seal of Gascony, which he made on account of the good and laudable testimony that he had received of Harrieta's good reputation and competence.

By K.

25 February 1320 . Westminster . For Bernat de France for the building of a mill .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony, or his lieutenant, that if he finds that the mill that Franc' Bernat de France wishes to build can be built without doing damage to anyone, then he is to contribute a moiety of the costs in the king's name, or permit him to build it at his own cost, and retain it, taking all the profits of the king's moiety of the mill until the king's share of the construction costs are paid. The seneschal is to do what he considers most advantageous for the king. Bernat has proposed that he should build a new mill on the site of an old one, and that because the king has a moiety of the river ( riparia ) of the Landa Ludon within the Sanctus Genius baylie of Saint-Gein , and that he has the other moiety by reason of a certain pariage, the profits of the same being equally divided between them, that the king will pay half the costs, or grant that he can build it at his own cost, and take all the profits until he is satisfied for the king's share of the costs.

Same as above For Hugh le Despenser the elder and Bartholomew de Badlesmere .

To the constable of Bordeaux and all the seneschals, constables, castellans, receivers, treasurers and other keepers or administrators in the duchy of Aquitaine.

In order that the king may be better informed of the state of his land, and of all things movable and immovable that pertain to it, and of what he ought to have, a full account should be rendered of all that they have performed, administered and received, and of the arrears of what they ought to take, and of everything that pertains to their office. They should answer to Hugh le Despenser the elder and Badelesmere Bartholomew de Badlesmere , or their deputies, as often as they will notify them to do so. The king has given Despenser and Badlesmere full authority to act in his name, and he will ratify and accept what they do in the matter, and they should be obeyed in this. ¹

24 February 1320 . Westminster . For Bertholomiu de Beyries, son and heir general of Johan de Beyries .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony, or his lieutenant, to arrest all the goods and merchandise of the men and merchants subject to the king of Castile which he finds in the duchy up to the value of 800 m.st without delay, and cause them to be kept safely until Berys Bertholomiu de Beyries, son and heir general of Berys Johan de Beyries , and executor of his father's testament, in the name of his father is fully satisfied for the 800 m.st. . In the reign of E[dward I] , there was grave discord between Sancho [IV], king of Castelle Castile ¹ and his people and subjects on the one part, and the king's citizens of Baion' Bayonne on the other, concerning various robberies and seizures of goods, amounting to a great sum of money, by the people of the king of Castile from the citizens of Bayonne, amongst whom was the late Berys Johan de Beyries , who had lost goods and merchandise to the value of 800 m.st. from such robberies as had been well attested. Afterwards the king of Castile sent Master Juan, judge of his court , and Martini Gonzalo Martin with his letters, and the mayor and community of the city sent Villar, de Arnaut Duviella and Dardir Johan Dardy , their fellow-citizens, with sufficient letters and instructions to settle the dispute, to the king's father. He then ordained, with these proctors' agreement, and in their presence, that all the ships and other goods of the citizens of Bayonne should be restored by the king of Castile to those citizens of Bayonne from whom they were taken, or their heirs or attorneys, by a certain time long since passed as appears by inspection of the rolls of chancery of the king's father for his 21st year. ² Afterwards, in the present king's reign, Fernando [IV], king of Castilla, Legio Castile and León , ³ on the occasion of further discord between his people and the citizens of Bayonne, sent proctors, as did the citizens of Bayonne, to the king. The king deliberated with his council on both discords, and ordained with the consent of the proctors that the first ordinance made by his father and confirmed by King Sancho should be observed in its entirety. Afterwards Bertholomiu de Beyries, desiring the recovery of his father's goods, carried the king's special letters to Fernando, then king of Castile and to the commissary assigned by him to complete and observe the ordinances, and to the king's commissary, similarly assigned, but when they met at Fons Rabidus Hondarribia , ⁴ and viewed the ordinance under the great seal [of Edward I], it was found that the king of Castile's commissary would do nothing, as the king is informed by the letters patent of Sancto Paulo, de Galhart de Saint-Paul, kt , lord of Syro Céros and Master Vico, de Per-Arnaut de Vic , who had been deputed by the king's commissary. ⁵

20 February 1320 . Westminster . For the executors of the testament of William Servat . ¹

Order to the seneschal of Gascony to aid the executors of the testament of Servate William Servat, late citizen of London , by all means that he justly can to recover sums of money owed to Servat by many people of the duchy, on which the executors have requested the king's aid, because those people unjustly refuse to pay the sums.

24 February 1320 . Westminster . For Gassie Dupont, damoiseau .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony to cause Ponte, de Gassie Dupont, damoiseau , king's valet , to have possession of the writing office of the assizes in Villa Nova Villeneuve[-sur-Lot] of Agennesium Agenais according to the tenor of the king's letters patent made for him, and as the office was previously held. The king granted the office to Dupont during pleasure, but he understands that he has been wrongfully obstructed from holding and taking inquisitions, profits and other things pertaining to that office by Durandi Ramon Durand and Guilhem [Durand], his brother , to whom the king had formerly committed the office. ¹

20 February 1320 . Eboracum York . For Bernat Beneit .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony and the constable of Bordeaux, or their lieutenants, that, if they find that the treasurer of Petragoricensis Périgord , Caturcensis Quercy and Lemovicensis Limousin delivered the king's fishery ( paxeria nostra ) of Lindia Lalinde together with the greater and lesser common tax ( magnum et parvum commune ) of the duchy to Benedicti Bernat Beneit for an excessive price, they are to reprimand the treasurer, and cause the fishery and tax to be delivered Beneit for a reasonable price according to its annual value. E[dward I] , owed 200 l. 2 d.st. to Sheroie Pierre-Vital de Chéray , Bussel Amaury Busseau and Ponte, de Guillaume Dupont of the insula Oleronis Île d'Oléron for their wages and those of their company from the time of the war of the late king with the king of France , which sum Beneit claims. The king wished to satisfy this claim and ordered by his letters to the seneschal and constable that if they found that Beneit was owed the sum, then its payment should be assigned on any baylie in the duchy, and Beneit would pay as much as any other would give for the office. The seneschal and constable ordered the treasurer of Périgord, Quercy and Limousin to deliver the fishery and tax to Beneit until he had been wholly satisfied for the sum. However, the treasurer delivered them to Beneit for an excessive price, so that he could not realise the sum. ¹

28 February 1320 . Westminster . For Pons de Séris, damoiseau .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony, or his lieutenant, to obtain full information about the injuries that Surys Pons de Séris, damoiseau , suffered in the execution of an order directed to him on the king's behalf, their extent, and by whom or what they were inflicted, and for what reason. He should then certify the king under the seal of the duchy, with these letters. On Séris' behalf the king has been asked to compensate him for the injuries he sustained when executing an order directed to him when he was bayle of Moleriis, de Molières , and his damages are estimated at a large sum of money.

By K.

28 February 1320 . Westminster . For Per-Arnaut de Bielle .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony to view the king's letters that Villa, de Per-Arnaut de Bielle, citizen of Baiona Bayonne , has concerning a weir called nassa , and consider his request for the king's protection in connection with it. The seneschal and the king's council of those parts should act as is considered best for the defence of the king's and Bielle's estate. Before his accession the king granted to Bielle, for his good service, permission to make a weir on the river Ladoi Adour before the place called Urtus Urt , where Bielle and the king think most suitable, to hold and make his profit from it and the fishery without hindrance from the king or his bayle, as long as it is not to the king's damage. Bielle has repeatedly been hindered in connection with this weir, and has asked for protection for the defence of the king's and his rights in the matter, and the king wishes to do what is right. ¹

28 February 1320 . Westminster . For the lord of Espelette .

Order to the constable of Bordeaux to view the letters of E[dward I] , by which he was bound to the lord of Despelete Espelette , and inform himself of how much of the debt due to him has been paid. If he finds that payment is in arrears, then he is to make due payment or allowance to the lord or his attorney. He is to receive from them the late king's letters of obligation, and the lord's letters of acquittance, and the constable will receive due allowance in his account. John [Salmon], bishop of Nowycensis Norwich , Britann' John de Brittany, earl of Richmond , the king's kinsman, and Guy Ferre whom the king had sent to survey and reform the duchy, by their letters patent, which the king has inspected, ordered the then constable of Bordeaux , or his lieutenant, to account with the lord on the debts owed to him by the late king for his stipend and that of other things due to him by reason of his service in the late king's Gascon war. After deducting what the lord had already received, he was to assign to him 200 l.bord. each year on the baylies of Goose Gosse and Senhons Seignanx . But the lord of Espelette has subsequently been obstructed from taking the same for various causes, and has requested that the king will hasten to make payment for that which is unpaid.

28 February 1320 . Westminster . For the consuls and community of Beaumont .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony, or his lieutenant, to inquire into the request of the consuls and community of Bellus Mons Beaumont[-du-Périgord] in the Petragor' seneschalcy of Périgord . He is to certify his findings, his advice and that of the council, under the king's seal of Gascony concerning the parishes, chapels and castles pertaining to the consuls and community. On their behalf it has been shown that the parishes of Faus Faux , Bardou , the chapels of Mons , Pontrineo, de Pont-Romieux , Sanctus Germanus Saint-Germain , Monsano, de Monsac , Sanh' Saint-Agne , Sibranet Saint-Sibournet , Noassanas Naussannes , Werdoni, de Verdon , and parts of the parishes of Rampio, de Rampieux , Brinekell Bourniquel , Sanctus Avitus Saint-Avit , Pontons Pontours , and the castles and places of Mons Ferrandi Montferrand[-du-Périgord] , Podeum Betonis Puybéton , Sanctus Avitus Senior Saint-Avit-Sénieur , Monte Saninhano, de Monsignac , Cunhaco, de Cugnac , Lenchays Lanquais and Lenchayset Lanqueysset pertain, and for a long time past have pertained, to the community of the town of Beaumont ¹ . In the suit of the consuls and community against the lord of Brigeracum Bergerac concerning those parishes, judgment was given that they were subject to the immediate jurisdiction of E[dward I] , at the time of controversy, and pertained to the district and consulate of Beaumont. The consuls and community request that the king will return the castles, places and parishes to Beaumont, and he wishes to be more fully informed on this, as to whether it is to his advantage, and whether it may be done without injury to others. ²

By C.

1 March 1320 . Northflete Northfleet . For Peire Durand .

Order to Hugh le Despenser the elder and Badelesmere Bartholomew de Badlesmere , whom the king is sending to the duchy to reform it and correct the excesses of the king's ministers, to call the parties in the complaint of Durandi Peire Durand, the king's notary in the duchy , and hear his arguments, and then do speedy justice to him as by right and according to the fors and custom of those parts ought to be done. If they are unable to do this themselves, they are to appoint a substitute whom they trust to undertake it. It has been shown on behalf of Durand that when he appealed to the seneschal of Gascony and his lieutenant there concerning the many injuries and oppressions that had been done to him by Tholosa Guilhem de Toulouse, the king's seneschal of Petragoricensis Périgord , the same seneschal wickedly caused Durand to be taken by night and imprisoned in various non-royal prisons. He was then interrogated, and his goods taken and destroyed by la Bard Guiraut de Labarde , Mason Jacmes Masson , Pey de Monte Soun , Pey Santor' , Bernat de le Repar' and Nagret Pey de Négret , notwithstanding his appeal. He requests a remedy for this, and the king wants justice to be done.

By C.

28 February 1320 . Westminster . For Bidau Brane .

Order to the constable of Bordeaux, or his lieutenant, to duly inform himself of the debt owed to Bran Bidau Brane by E[dward I] , and to account with him for what he has received from Cailhau Bertran Caillau, the king's valet . He should then pay the arrears, either from the issues of the duchy or by assignment, to Brane or his attorney, receiving the king's father's letters of obligation, and Brane's letters of acquittance, and the constable will receive due allowance in his account. The king granted the office of bayle of Herba Favera Labouheyre and Borne Born to Brane by his letters, and he was to receive the issues of it up to the value of the debt owed him by the king's father. He subsequently committed the office to Caillau during pleasure, who was to render 360 l.ch to Brane in the presence of the constable of Bordeaux , at the customary terms, but Brane has now shown the king that a great part of the debt remains unpaid and requests payment. ¹

28 February 1320 . Westminster . For Fortaner de Bats .

Order to the constable of Bordeaux, or his lieutenant, to view the letters of the king's father concerning the debt owed to Batz Fortaner de Bats , and obtain full information on how much of the debt has been paid. He should then cause the remainder to be paid from the issues of the duchy, or by assignment on baylies held from the king by rent. Bats shall give him the letters of the king's father, and his letters of acquittance, and the constable will receive due allowance in his account. E[dward I], the king's father , owed Bats 70 l. 14 s. 8 d.st. for his wages and those of his companions, from the time they served him in the war in the duchy. This was clear by the account made with Bats by Cantebrigg' Thomas de Cambridge, king's clerk , as appears by letters of Henry de Lacy, earl of Lincoln , then lieutenant in the duchy , which letters Bats, by the hands of John de Sandale , surrendered into the late king's treasury. On 6 April 1305 the king's father had ordered the constable to pay the sum to Bats or his attorney or proctor, and part was paid, but Bats requests payment of the remainder, and the king wants him to be satisfied. ¹

26 February 1320 . Westminster . For Gaucem de Johan, cardinal of Ss. Pietro e Marcellino and for Bernat Beneit .

Order to the constable of Bordeaux, or his lieutenant, to pay in sterling, or other currency, the sums of 1,000 m.st. as a gift, and 500 m.st. as an annual pension, to Johannis Gaucem de Johan, cardinal priest of Ss. Pietro e Marcellino , and 220 l. 2 d.st. to Benedicti Bernat Beneit . The king granted these sums to them from the issues of the duchy, as appears in various letters of the king which the cardinal and Beneit have, and he wants them to be satisfied for the same. ¹

28 February 1320 . Westminster . For Hugh le Despenser the elder and Bartholomew de Badlesmere .

Commission of full power to Hugh le Despenser the elder and Badelesmere Bartholomew de Badlesmere to inquire by the oaths of good and law-worthy men into the excesses of the king's seneschals, ministers and officers in the duchy, and do full justice according to the fors and customs of the same. The king is sending them to reform the state of the duchy about which he has heard many complaints, which have been to the king's damage and prejudice, and also to those of his subjects, and he wishes the excesses to be punished and amends made. He has ordered all seneschals, constables, receivers, treasurers, bayles and other keepers and administrators to be intendant to Despenser and Badlesmere, and obey them in all things.

28 February 1320 . Westminster . For the king and the consuls of the town of Beaumont[-du-Périgord] in the new diocese of Sarlat .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony, or his lieutenant, to call before him the prévôt , consuls and community of Bellus Mons Beaumont , and the king's advocate, and also the consuls and community of Moleriis, de Molières , and view the letters of the king's father exhibited by the consuls and community of the town of Beaumont, as well as the king's letters exhibited by the consuls and community of Molières. Having heard their arguments and inquired into the matters should it be necessary, he should do what ought to be done without offending the king's rights or those of either party. The consuls of Bellus Mons Beaumont[-du-Périgord] in the new Sarlatensis diocese of Sarlat in the Petragoricensis king's seneschalcy of Périgord have shown that certain parts of the parishes of the churches of Bruniquell Bourniquel , Pountons Pontours and Sanctus Avitus Senior Saint-Avit-Sénieur indivisibly belong to the jurisdiction of the king's bayle of Beaumont in the king's name and to the community, which includes high and low justice, as far as it is relevant to the office of consulate of the town. And also certain parts of the parishes of Saint-Avit-Sénieur, and Mons Ferrandi Montferrand , namely the Sanctus Avitus Senior castle and place of Saint-Avit-Sénieur , and the Mons Ferrandi castle of Montferrand with the parish church which pertains to the castle are of the town's jurisdiction. In a case of appeal ( resortum ) by the prévôt, consuls and community concerning both the jurisdiction and area belonging to them, and by the lawful lapse of time as well as by letters of E[dward I] , it is said the jurisdiction was confirmed. Despite this, the consuls of Molières, in the name of the community of that place, have acquired letters from the king, contrary to the truth, which state that parts of the parishes and places aforementioned belonged to the bayle, consuls and community of Molières, and would be united with them. The king's letters were obtained without calling the consuls and community of Molières, those of Beaumont, or the king's advocate, but are known to have been to the great damage, prejudice and disinheritance of the king and the consuls and community of Beaumont. Consequently, the consuls and community of Beaumont have been subjected to many injuries by the king's seneschal of Petragoricensis Périgord , and have appealed for remedy to the king. The seneschal of Gascony is ordered that, in the mean time, pending the hearing of the appeal, nothing is to be attempted against the king or the consuls and community of Beaumont, and anything attempted after the commencement of the appeal is to be revoked. ¹

By C.

28 February 1320 . Westminster . For protection for the same .

Letters of protection reciting the order entry 123 for the consuls and community of Bellus Mons Beaumont[-du-Périgord] , and for their men, servants and goods, as they have been committed to the protection of the seneschal of Gascony, pending their appeal, as the king wishes to protect them from any harm by his seneschal of Petragoricensis Périgord against whom they have brought the matter. The king has given the seneschal of Gascony power for the consuls and community to answer before him concerning the provision of justice, though they ought to answer before the king's seneschal of Périgord. ¹

By C.

28 February 1320 . Westminster . For Hugh le Despenser the elder and Bartholomew de Badlesmere .

Commission to Hugh le Despenser the elder and Badelesmere Bartholomew de Badlesmere of full power to inquire into inadequate ministers, and to remove those that they find insufficient and appoint replacements, excepting the seneschal of Gascony and other ministers who hold their office by grant of the king's progenitors or of the king, of whom the king wishes to be informed before their removal. He is sending them to the duchy to reform it, to inquire into the excesses of the king's seneschals, ministers and other officers, to hear complaints against those excesses, and to do justice according to the fors and customs there. All the king's seneschals, constables, castellans, receivers, treasurers, bayles and other keepers and administrators have been ordered to obey and be intendant to Despenser and Badlesmere in such matters.

By K.

1 March 1320 . Northflete Northfleet . For the king concerning the collection and levying of the rents, issues and profits by the king's treasurer of Périgord .

Order to the constable of Bordeaux, or his lieutenant, to inform himself about the collection of the revenue of the seneschalcy of Petragoricen' Périgord by the king's treasurer of Petragoricensis Périgord , and order the treasurer to collect it and hand it over to the constable. In addition, the king's seneschal of Petragoricensis Périgord and other royal officers of those parts should receive their wages from the constable as was accustomed in the time of the king's progenitors, nothing to the contrary being permitted. The king has been informed that the treasurer used to collect the rents, issues and profits and deliver them to the constable, but now the seneschal of Périgord and the other officers, take their wages and expenses from the revenues by their own hands, to the king's grave damage.

By C.

28 February 1320 . Westminster . For the committing of the office of public crier to Arnaut Martel .

Commitment during pleasure to Martelli Arnaut Martel of the office of public crier ( preco ) of Bellus Mons Beaumont[-du-Périgord] at the request of the consuls and community of Bellus Mons Beaumont[-du-Périgord] .

28 February 1320 . Westminster . For the king, for the conservation of his rights .

Order to the constable of Bordeaux to inform himself more fully about the commitment of offices to members of the household of the seneschal of Petragoricensis Périgord who wear his robes, and if he should find that it is to the king's prejudice, or that oppressions of his subjects are occurring because the baylies or offices are being granted to people such as the members of his household, then the baylies which should be the constable's responsibility should be farmed out to others to the best advantage of the king, and the members of the seneschal's household at the time of the leasing should not be admitted. The constable is to inform the seneschal and treasurer of Périgord of this, and they should obey him. The king has been informed that baylies and other offices in the seneschalcy of Petragor' Périgord are being committed to members of the household of the seneschal who wear his robes, and that at the time of leasing ( ascense ) were admitted to bids ( appelli ) to the king's prejudice and to the manifest oppression of the king's subjects of those parts, especially as others of the household or wearers of the seneschal's robes have not dared to complain of this while they are in their offices.

By C.

13 March 1320 . Sturreye Sturry . Concerning protection .

To all seneschals, constables, castellans, officers, bayles, ministers and faithful subjects in the duchy.

Letters of protection for two years granted to Master William de Waldeshef , his men, lands, rents and all his possessions in the duchy. They are to be maintained, protected and defended from harm according to the fors and customs of those parts.

28 February 1320 . Westminster . For Benet Alard concerning an arrest .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony to arrest without delay all the goods and merchandise of the men and merchants of Britannia Brittany subject to the duke of Brittany that he is able to find in his seneschalcy, up to the value of 300 l. , and 100 l. for damages, and deliver the 400 l.st. or its value to Benet Alard, burgess and merchant of Wynchelse Winchelsea or his attorney. Alard complained that his ship called la Cristemesse of Winchelsea , charged with various merchandises in Gascony, and bound for England put into the port of Brest within the Britannia duchy of Brittany to take on supplies, when some men of J[ean III de Bretagne], duke of Brittany , arrested the ship and the goods in the same, valued at 300 l.st. , without any reasonable cause, and detained Alard to his great damage and impoverishment. The king has requested many times by his letters that the duke release the ship and goods, and make suitable amends for the damages that Alard has sustained, but this has not been done, as appears by letters testimonial of the mayor and barons of Wynchelse Winchelsea . The king wishing to provide a remedy to Alard concerning the recovery of his ship, goods and merchandise, ordered the seneschal to arrest the goods and merchandise, but this has not been done. ¹

26 February 1320 . Westminster . For the [bishop] elect of Bazas, for the correcting of the excesses of the king's ministers .

Order to Hugh le Despenser the elder and Badelesmere Bartholomew de Badlesmere , whom the king is sending to the duchy of Aquitaine to reform its state and to correct the excesses of the king's ministers there, to call before them Ellesfeld' Richard de Elsfield, king's clerk , constable of Bordeaux , and inform themselves more fully about the prévôt of the bishop's castle at Vasatum Bazas , and his arrest by the constable. If they find that excesses were committed there, then they should be corrected, and amends should be made so that the king does not hear of the matter again. The king has heard a complaint that the constable lately entered the castle and fortalice of the bishop at Bazas, and violently arrested and detained the prévôt, although the prévôt was prepared to obey the constable in all things in the king's name, as a consequence of which the prévôt appealed to the court of France, and remedy has been requested on behalf of the [bishop] elect , who is staying at the Roman court ( curia Romana ). ¹

1 March 1320 . Northflete Northfleet . For Guilhem de Cabirat .

Order to Hugh le Despenser the elder and Badelesmere Bartholomew de Badlesmere , whom the king is sending to the duchy of Aquitaine to reform the state of the duchy and to correct the excesses of his ministers there, to hear the complaint of Cabiraco, de Guilhem de Cabirat, burgess of Bellus Mons Beaumont[-du-Périgord] ¹ concerning both the marriage of his granddaughter ² and the settlement of his goods. They should call before them Cabirat and Tholosa Guilhem de Toulouse, the king's seneschal of Petragoricensis Périgord , and hear their arguments, after which they should do full and speedy justice as is right, and according to the fors and customs there. If they are unable to hear the case in person, then they are to appoint substitutes. Cabirat has complained that Toulouse requested that he marry his granddaughter to Roaxio Peire de Rouaix, citizen of Tholosa Toulouse , a relation of Toulouse's, and when Cadirat refused, he arrested him, and took him from place to place until Cadirat, on account of the violence and evil done to him, and the threat of future harm, allowed the seneschal to take his granddaughter and marry her to Rouaix. Afterwards the seneschal forced Cabirat to settle half of his goods on her, reserving the use of the same to himself while he lived, and she was maliciously compelled to confer them on Rouaix. Following the girl's death, he did not received the goods, and is striving to deprive Cabirat of them. He has troubled him frequently on that account, for which Cabirat has complained to the king requesting a remedy.

By C.

28 February 1320 . Westminster . For the consuls and inhabitants of Beaumont[-du-Périgord] .

Confirmation of the grant made by Pessaigne Antonio Pessagno, kt , late seneschal of Gascony , to the consuls of Beaumont of the wine and corn levies ( bladata and vinata ) as a contribution towards the costs of the fabric of their church. The seneschal had been informed that the consuls and inhabitants of Bellus Mons Beaumont[-du-Périgord] had begun work on their church, but that this had become too much for their normal resources, and they had supported the costs by levying 13 d. on all wine sold by wine sellers in the town, and 2 d. from each sester of corn sold in the market of Beaumont, as well as 1 d. from each hearth ( simina ), ¹ and ½d. from each bushel. Consequently they had petitioned the seneschal that this levy be confirmed, which he granted during pleasure, as appears in letters patent under the king's seal.

By K. and C.

6 March 1320 . Cantuar' Canterbury . ¹

Letters of credence to Amaniu [VII], lord of Lebretum Albret requesting that he will give credence to what Hugh le Despenser and Badelesmere Bartholomew de Badlesmere , whom the king is sending to the duchy for its reformation, will tell him on the king's behalf, and that he will assist them with his counsel and aid. ²

Same as above

6 March 1320 . Cantuar' Canterbury . For the writing office of the Turnoun baylie of Tournon .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony, or his lieutenant, to obtain information concerning the holding of the writing office of Tournon[-d'Agenais], as the king has been informed that the holder has entered Holy Orders, against the form of the king's grant. He is to send his findings to the king under the king's seal of the duchy, together with the writ.

By C.

1 March 1320 . Northflet Northfleet . For accounting with those who received money for the building of the castle of Molières.

Order to the constable of Bordeaux, or his lieutenant, to audit the account of those who have received money from the penalties, fines and forfeitures for the building of the Moller' castle of Molières , and make allowance for what has been expended on the castle. If there are arrears, those charged with them are to use them for further work on the castle, and he should certify the king of what he has done under the seal of the duchy. The king has been given to understand that money levied by the seneschal of Petragoric' Périgord or others in his name is being collected, though no work has been done on the castle, and the king wishes to know how much money has been collected, and how much has been spent on repairs and building. ¹

By C.

Same as above For the treasurer of Périgord concerning financial penalties etc.

Order to the constable of Bordeaux, or his lieutenant, to obtain fuller information, together with the king's council there, about the collection of the issues, penalties, fines and forfeitures by the treasurer of Petragoricensis Périgord . If he finds that they used to be collected by the treasurer himself, and not by bayles and other officers, and that it is to the king's profit for it to be done in that way, but that the treasurer has been levying them through these others, then the constable should cause the treasurer to collect them. The king has been given to understand that bayles and farmers ( sensatores ) of baylies and others, pay their own stipends from the issues of the Petragoricensis seneschalcy of Périgord which they owe to the king's seneschal of Petragoricensis Périgord , although these issues, together with the penalties, fines and forfeitures, ought to be received by the king's treasurer there. This has been to the grave damage of the king.

By C.

15 March 1320 . Sturye Sturry . For Master Henry de Canterbury .

Order to the constable of Bordeaux, or his lieutenant, to account with Master Cantuar' Henry de Canterbury, king's clerk , for his wages and stipends, and pay him what he finds due from the issues of the duchy. Henry was sent to the duchy on the king's business, for which he was to be paid, and he has given the king to understand that he has not been satisfied, and has requested that the king cause him to be paid the arrears.

13 March 1320 . Sturye Sturry . For Pey de Saint-Loup .

Appointment during pleasure of Sancto Lupo, de Pey de Saint-Loup of Regula La Réole to the office of serjeant-general of the duchy, holding the same according to the letters under the king's Gascon seal, that Saint-Loup has from Gilbert Pecche, late seneschal of Gascony and Pessaigne Antonio Pessagno, afterwards seneschal of Gascony , who both granted him the office. It is the king's intention that Saint-Loup may be removed from office by the seneschal in consultation with the king, should there be any notorious deficiency.

16 March 1320 . Stureye Sturry . For protection .

To all seneschals, constables, castellans, officers, bayles, ministers and faithful subjects in the duchy.

Letters of protection granted to Galhart Dussos, damoiseau , of Vassallum Bazas his men, lands, rents and all his possessions in the duchy, which are to be maintained, protected and defended from harm according to the fors and customs there, to last during pleasure, because Dussos is pursuing justice before the seneschal of Gascony concerning certain damages and harm done to him by his adversaries, and he fears the harm that will be inflicted on him and his property by the power of those adversaries. ¹

1 April 1320 . Eltham . For the abbot of Saint-Sauveur of Blavia Blaye .

Order to the constable [of Bordeaux] to inspect the letters of E[dward I] , that the abbot of Sanctus Salvator Saint-Sauveur has concerning the sum of 18 l. 8 s. st. that the late king owed him, and find out whether the abbot has received payment of the sum or any part of it. If he finds that the abbot and convent have not been paid, he should have them, or their attorney, paid in sterling or the value in other money from the issues of the duchy, and receive from them the letters of the king's father and their letters of acquittance, and the constable shall have due allowance in his account. The sum was lent to Baret Nicholas Barrett, clerk of the late king , to help towards the king's expenses in defending Blavia Blaye in the time of war, as is contained in Barrett's letters which the abbot delivered into the treasury by the hands of John de Sandale . As a result the late king, by his letters patent of 6 April 1305, ordered the constable to pay the sum from the issues of the duchy, but the abbot has informed the king that he has not been paid, and has requested payment. ¹

By K. and C.

1 May 1320 . Shene Sheen . For Gaucem Gombaud .

Order to the constable of Bordeaux that if he finds that Gombaut Gaucem Gombaud has not been paid the sum of 119 l. 17 s. st. that E[dward I] owed him, then he should have it paid to him or his attorney or proctor, in sterling or the value in other money, from the issues of the duchy. He should receive from him the letters of the king's father and his letters of acquittance, and the constable will have due allowance in his account. The late king, by his letters patent of 6 April 1305, ordered the constable of Bordeaux to pay the money to Gombaud, for his wages and expenses from the time that he was in the late king's service during the war, in the garrison of Blavia Blaye . This was contained in letters of Baret Nicholas Barrett, clerk of the late king , which Gombaud delivered into the treasury by the hands of John de Sandale, then bishop of Winchester , but Gombaud has given the king to understand that he has not been satisfied for the sum, and the king wishes him to be satisfied.

25 April 1320 . Westminster . For Bernat de Duras .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony to obtain fuller information on what has been shown to the king on behalf of Duracio, de Bernat de Duras , and do whatever ought to be done according to the fors and customs. It appears that Ramon de Cantiras , Monte Malo, de Guiraut de Maumont of Milianus Saint-Émilion , Bernat [de Roux] son of Ros Bernat de Roux and others, at Duras' prosecution in the duchy, were judicially banished on account of their contumacy for the violent abduction of Johana [de Font Bernard], daughter of Forcio Bernardi, de Johan de Font Bernard , aged six years, kinswoman of Duras , ¹ who was lately held at Pons Dauratus Pondaurat . After their banishment they wandered about in the duchy, and because the remedy that should have been applied in this matter has not been implemented, this has caused the king's people to be afraid and Johana has been taken from place to place in the duchy by certain unknown accomplices of Cantiras and the others, delaying her delivery to Duras, to his grave damage, and the manifest disturbance of the king's peace there.

1 May 1320 . Langele Kings Langley . For Arnaut Tardieu .

Order to Berkle Maurice de Berkeley, seneschal of Gascony , or his lieutenant, to obtain fuller information both about the death of Pey Gros , the reason why he was killed, and where, and also about the distraint of the goods of Tardiu Arnaut Tardieu, trumpeter , what reason there was for taking the goods into the king's hands, and their value. He should certify the king without delay, with the king's letters, so that the council can consider what ought to be done. Tardieu has requested that the king should remit, by his special grace, the forfeiture of his body and goods for the death of Gros, if he should surrender himself to the prison at Agen and remain there for 30 days to stand trial according to the fors and customs there. He has asserted that he killed Gros in self-defence in an area under the authority of the king of France, and that the king's officer of the seneschalcy of Agenesium Agenais seized his goods in the seneschalcy into the king's hands for the death, where they are still detained. The king wishes to be more fully certified on this, and, further, for justice to be done to Tardieu. ¹

28 April 1320 . Westminster . For the consuls of Beaumont[-du-Périgord] .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony and the constable of Bordeaux to obtain fuller information together with the king's council there into the request of the consuls of Bellus Mons Beaumont[-du-Périgord] that the king build the gates to the town, and then do what ought to be done for the king's honour and advantage. On the behalf of the consuls, whose town is within the duchy of Aquitaine on the border with France , and who wish to enclose the town for its security and that of its near neighbourhood, it has been requested that the king will build the gates, as he is bound to do according to the customs of those parts.

By petition of C.

5 May 1320 . Langele Mareys Langley Marish .

Order to the constable of Bordeaux and the treasurer of Agennesium Agenais , or their lieutenants, to allow payment in small [livres tournois] at the true sterling value to Caylhou Bertran Caillau, king's valet , of the sum of 1,250 m.st. in which the king was bound to him, and which was assigned on the issues of the Agennesium king's salin ( salina ) of Agen . ¹ Caillau has informed the king, by the testimony of certain of the king's merchants of those parts, that at the time the assignment was made to him and afterwards, sterling was valued at 5 l.t.parv. , but that the constable and treasurer have only allowed a valuation of 4 l.t.parv. , to Caillau's grave damage. ²

28 April 1320 . Westminster . For the king, for the repair of defects .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony and the constable of Bordeaux to have the defects in the castles, mills and fisheries in the Agenn' seneschalcy of Agenais surveyed by suitable, faithful subjects of the king, together with the treasurer of Agennesium Agenais , and when they have received the survey together they and members of the king's council should have the repairs done from the issues of the treasury of Agenais, as they consider necessary, and for the king's profit. The constable is to make allowance in the treasurer's accounts for the repairs, and will receive due allowance in his own account. The king has been informed that there are many defects in the castles, mills and fisheries which will cause great loss to the king unless they are quickly repaired, and he wishes this to be done.

By K. and C.

3 May 1320 . Langele Kings Langley . For Master Johan Durand .

Order to the treasurer of Agennesis Agenais to cause Master Durandi Johan Durand, servant of Master Subirani Ramon Soubiran, king's clerk , servant to have the writing office of the court of the baylie and town of Florencia Fleurance in the Auxitanensis diocese of Auch for life, according to the grant of that office that the king made to him for his service, with the right to appoint a deputy, as more fully appears by the king's letters patent made for Durand. He claims that he has not yet been put in possession, and the king wishes his grant to be put into effect.

1 April 1320 . Eltham . For Johan Phélip, notary of the town of Bordeaux .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony that if Phi' Johan Phélip, notary of Burdeg' Bordeaux has conducted himself well in the office of notary-public throughout the duchy, then the seneschal should permit him to exercise that office without interference according to the form and effect of the letters patent of Gilbert Pecche, former seneschal of Gascony , which made him a notary-public with power of receiving, inquiring and registering in public form whatever instruments he receives. But now he has informed the king that he has recently been obstructed in the execution of his office and has requested a remedy, and the king wishes to accede to the request.

28 April 1320 . Westminster . For Johan de Saint-Cricq .

Order to the mayor, prévôt, jurats and the community of Bayona Bayonne not to permit injury, damage, impediments or harm to the family or property of Seint Crik' Johan de Saint-Cricq within their jurisdiction, while he is prosecuting his right by process of the king's court. In the time of E[dward I] , there was a serious dispute between Sancho [IV], late king of Castile and his people and subjects on the one part, and the citizens of the city of Bayonne on the other, concerning various robberies and seizures of goods, amounting to a great sum of money committed by the people of the king of Castile against the citizens of Bayonne, amongst whom was Saint-Cricq, who lost goods to the value of 300 m. . Afterwards both sides, by their envoys, in the presence of the king's father, agreed that all the citizens' goods should be restored within a certain term, which has now long since elapsed. Subsequently, because the king of Castile's ordinance on this was not being observed, the king's father caused goods and merchandise of the men and merchants of the kingdom of Castile, which were found in England, to the value of 100 s. to be arrested and delivered to Saint-Cricq. Now, on Saint-Cricq's behalf, it is shown to the king that in default of the king of Castile beginning the process, and because the king has ordered the arrest to continue on the goods and merchandises of the men and merchants of Castile, at Saint-Cricq's suit, to the sum of 293 m. 6 s. 8 d. , ¹ the mayor, prévôt, jurats and all the community, fearing the trouble that will ensue from the king of Castile and his subjects, impede the legal process of Saint-Cricq. The king considers that his subjects should not be harassed because of the prosecution of their cases in his court. ²

26 April 1320 . Westminster . For the death of Angot, serjeant of the king .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony, or his lieutenant, to obtain information concerning the death of Aungotus Buffecok Angot, king's serjeant , and the subsequent escape from the prison of some of his killers, and do what is required according to the fors of those parts. The king has been informed that Miqueu Buant , Motin Guilhem Moutin and Guilhem de Prunet , together with Pey son of Pey Dampni , carpenter , Arnaut de Rudere , Fosse Guilhem de Lafosse , Merlin-Huc de Caumont , Pey de Carreu , violently dragged Buffecock Angot from the church of Sancti Petri Saint-Pierre at Burdegala Bordeaux , and took him to the place called la Kaye de Cramperian chai de Camparian ¹ and there, in sight of the people, wickedly killed him. They were held for this murder in the Burdegala prison of the town of Bordeaux , ² but lately escaped by night and are living in the area, and justice has been done on none of them.

1 May 1320 . Shene Sheen . For the mayor, jurats and community of Bordeaux .

Order to Hugh le Despenser the elder and Bartholomew de Badlesmere to view the agreement between Credonia Amaury [III] de Craon, late seneschal of Gascony , and the community of Bordeaux concerning their privileges, liberties and jurisdictions, together with other memoranda concerning the matter, and obtain fuller information, by whatever means they consider expedient. They are to certify the king on what they find, under their seals. He has received a complaint from the mayor, jurats and the community of Burdegala Bordeaux by their petition exhibited before him that they, amongst other privileges and liberties that they anciently used, had a certain banlieue delimited by fixed bounds, and held it until the beginning of the war between E[dward I] , and Philip [IV], king of France . Afterwards, the king of England's ministers obstructed their exercise of the banlieue, and they request a remedy, and the king wishes to be advised of the matters concerning this.

By petition of C.

6 May 1320 . Langele Kings Langley . For Arnaut-Guilhem de Marsan .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony, or his lieutenant, to call the king's advocate and others of the king's council there, and do what he considers necessary for the king's advantage concerning the creation of the Funtfraid bastide of Fonfrède , ¹ without being prejudicial to Arnaut-Guilhem de Marsan . Marsan has complained that the bastide which, by the agreement made between the lady of la Barte Labarthe , 2 late wife of Montoleu Ot de Montolieu , and Poey Bernat de Pouey before Fossato, de Amaniu du Foussat, lieutenant of the seneschal of Gascony , was to be founded on their territory, and which adjoins his land, could easily be to his prejudice, and he has requested that the king see to it that he is not harmed by this matter. ³

By petition of C.

Same as above For Bidau de Pouey .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony to inquire more fully into the offence committed against Poeys Bidau de Pouey , and punish all those that he finds to be culpable according to both the degree of their guilt and the fors and customs of those parts. They should have to make full amends to Pouey for the damages that he has sustained. Pouey, when he was the king's bayle of Sauba Terra Sauveterre[-la-Lémance] , was holding the assize of the king's court at Senchele Saint-Chaliès when Gavodon Ramon-Bernat de Gavaudun , with a large number of evildoers from the household of Almustanni, Gavodun' Almustang de Gavaudun, his father , came and assaulted Pouey in the execution of his office, wounded him, and inflicted seven life-threatening wounds. They then returned to his father's castle, in contempt of the king, and to the grave damage of Pouey.

By petition of C.

2 May 1320 . Langele Kings Langley . For the king and Per-Arnaut .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony, or his lieutenant, to cause the king's and Villa, de Per-Arnaut de Bielle 's rights to be defended in the king's name by the king's advocate of those parts, concerning the fishery constructed by Bielle, providing that Bielle renounces before the seneschal his appeal to the court of France. On 4 April 1311, the king granted to Bielle for his past and future service the fishery called nasse which Bielle had caused to be made in the river Lador Adour before the place called Urtus Urt , holding the same to him and his heirs forever, rendering to the king and his heirs at the exchequer of Bordeaux by the constable of Bordeaux, 15 l.bord. a year. Bielle has informed the king that by the king's grant, by his letters, and by reason of the annual rent, the king is obliged to defend and warrant the fishery to him, but when Bielle requested that the lieutenant of the seneschal cause the king's advocate to defend him in a complaint between Salbaniaco, de Guilhem de Saubagnac and himself, the lieutenant refused, and Bielle, feeling himself oppressed by the lieutenant, appealed to the court of France. He has now requested, by his petition before the king, that the king will grant that he be defended by his advocate in those parts. ¹

By petition of C.

8 May 1320 . Wynd' Windsor . For the king and Anessans de Seny etc .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony to obtain fuller information and inquire into the truth of the complaint of Anessans de Seny . All those he finds guilty should be punished according to the degree of their guilt, according to the fors and customs there, and should make amends for the damages sustained by the king and Seny , so as to serve as an example to others. It appears, by the serious complaint of Anessans de Seny , castellan of Salva Terra Sauveterre[-la-Lémance] , to whom the seneschal of Agenais committed the custody of the Salva Terra baylie of Sauveterre[-la-Lémance] , and of Fomel Fumel , that when he was holding pleas of the king's court there as other bayles had before him, Huc de Montarcher , bayle of Insula Jordan de l'Isle , Fomel Bernat de Fumel and Monte Faverii Galhart de Montfavier , two of his sons, and the bayle of the lords of the Fomellum castle of Fumel came with a large number of people armed with drawn swords, spears and bows to the court and seized Seny violently, ejected him from his seat and the court, beat, wounded and mis-treated Seny 's son and people, and killed Vyt Guilhem de Vic, the king's serjeant , who was attending on Seny , struck another serjeant on the head with a knife so that his life was despaired of, and seized the papers of the court and threw them into the mud. Afterwards they retrieved them from the mud and carried them away and keep them, in contempt and prejudice of the king and his jurisdiction there, and to the grave damage of Seny , his son and people, and against the king's peace.

By petition of C.

6 May 1320 . Langele Kings Langley For Bernat de Sauviac . ¹

Order to Hugh le Despenser the elder and Badelesmere Bartholomew de Badlesmere , whom the king is sending to the duchy for its reform and for the correction of the excesses of the king's ministers there, that in the presence of the seneschal of Gascony and the constable of Bordeaux , they should call those of the king's council whom they wish to call, and examine the inquisition made by Gilbert Pecche and Pessaigne Antonio Pessagno of Janua Genoa , late seneschals of Gascony, concerning the complaint of Salviaco, de Bertran de Sauviac which the king has sent to them. When they have more fully informed themselves about it, they should send their findings to the king without delay, with the council's advice as to what the king ought to do in the matter, under their seals and the seals of the duchy, and with the inquisition and information. The king granted the castles of Tontelon Tontoulon and la Dos Lados to Sauviac with the parishes and places pertaining to them, with high and low jurisdiction, and afterwards Sauviac claimed that the king's bayles there obstructed the execution of his jurisdiction in some parishes that he asserted pertained to the castle. The king ordered his seneschal to inquire into the matter, and Pecche and Pessagno sent the results to the king.

5 May 1320 . Langele Mareys Langley Marish . For Bernat Caillau . ¹

Order to the constable of Bordeaux and the treasurer of Agennesium Agenais , or their lieutenants, that they should allow payment in small [livres] tournois at the true sterling value to Gailhou Bertran Caillau, king's valet , of the sum of 1,250 m.st. in which the king was bound to him, and which was assigned on the issues of the king's salin ( salina ) of Agen , notwithstanding any ordinance made by the seneschal of Gascony, constable of Bordeaux or other ministers of the duchy on making payment or assignment in tournois at the rate of four to one sterling, and they will receive due allowance in their account. Caillau has given the king to understand, by the testimony of certain of the king's merchants of those parts, that at the time the assignment was made to him and afterwards, sterling was valued at 5 l.t.parv. , but that the constable and treasurer have only allowed a valuation of 4 l.t.parv. , to Caillau's grave damage. ²

6 May 1320 . Langeleye Kings Langley . For John de Colom of Bordeaux .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony, or his lieutenant, to inquire diligently into the supplication of Colum Johan de Colom of Burdegala Bordeaux , and if they find that Bosco, de Arnaut Dubosc and Cassant Estèbe Cassat of Bordeaux ¹ were not guilty of procuring the dispute between Monte Acuto, de William de Montague, former seneschal of Gascony , and some people of Burdegala Bordeaux , for which they were banished, then he should cause them to be released from banishment. Colom has requested the king to provide a remedy, since, at the time of the dispute, Cassat was very sick at Aquesis Dax , and Dubosc was doing all he could to settle the conflict. The king wishes to agree to the request for the service rendered by Colom. ²

By petition of C.

Same as above For Bernard de Cusance .

Order to Hugh le Despenser the elder and Badelesmere Bartholomew de Badlesmere to call those of the king's council of those parts whom they wish to call, and examine the letters of agreement made concerning Cusanz Bernard de Cusance . ¹ When they have informed themselves more fully, they should cause those agreements to be observed according to right and the tenor of the letters, providing that if they encounter any problems so that they are unable to proceed, they should send the information with the advice of the council as to what the king should do, under their seals and the seal of the duchy. Colum Johan de Colom of Burdegala Bordeaux has shown the king that Cusance, his kinsman, appealed to the court of France because of injuries suffered by him in the king's court before Credonio, de Amaury de Craon, then seneschal of Gascony , but at the request of certain of the king's council of the duchy, Cusance renounced his appeal. On the renunciation certain agreements were made with Cusance under the seal of the seneschalcy of Gascony, but these are not being observed, so that Colom has requested that a remedy be provided for him. ²

8 May 1320 . Langele Kings Langley . For Bernat Baquer .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony, or his lieutenant, to cause Vaquerii Bernat Baquer, king's clerk , to have the writing office of the Marmanda assize of Marmande in the Agennesium seneschalcy of Agenais as fully as he formerly had it. The impediment caused by the king's grant made to Ramon [Durand] and Durandi Guilhem Durand of the office of all inquisitions, reports and other commissions whatsoever, both civil and criminal, which involve the seneschal or judges of Agenais in those parts, has been removed by the king's revocation of that grant so that Baquer can exercise the office. John [Salmon], bishop of Norwicensis Norwich , Britannia John de Brittany, earl of Richmond and Guy Ferre , whom the king sent to the duchy on certain business, granted Baquer the writing office during the king's pleasure for the service done by Baquer to the king and his officers, which the king amplified subsequently by a grant of the same office for life at the request of certain cardinals. Afterwards, the king granted the same office to Thomas de Askeby, clerk , during pleasure, stipulating that he should not be removed except by a special order of the king that made express mention of this. But at the prosecution of Baquer, Askeby was removed by virtue of the grant and ratification made to Baquer, though no mention of Askeby's grant was made in them. The seneschal was then ordered to deliver the office to Askeby, to hold the same according to his prior grant. Afterwards, at the request of the cardinals, the king granted that Baquer should be restored to the office for his life, notwithstanding the grant to Askeby. ¹

6 May 1320 . Langele Kings Langley . For the prior of the town of Port-Sainte-Marie .

Order to the seneschal of Agennesium Agenais to view the pariage of Poiano, de Arnaut de Poyanne, prior secular of the church of Portus Sancte Marie Port-Sainte-Marie . After fuller deliberation with those of the king's council of those parts, he should cause the pariage to be observed as is right, and according to the fors and customs there. The prior requested that the pariage that was made between the king's ancestors and a predecessor of the prior concerning the common jurisdiction of Portus Sancte Marie Port-Sainte-Marie should be observed according to the tenor of the same, and the king wishes to agree to this as far as is just.

By petition of C.

8 May 1320 . Wyndesore Windsor . For the consuls, inhabitants and burgesses of Montréal .

Order sicut alias to the seneschal of Gascony, or his lieutenant, to inquire in accordance with the tenor of a previous order into the crimes, trespasses, and damages done to the men of Montréal, after the making of the king's letters, and do speedy justice according to the fors and customs there so that the matter is settled, and the consuls, inhabitants and burgesses of Mons Regali Montréal have no further reason to complain. They have given the king to understand that several evildoers and disturbers of the peace among the men and subjects of the count of Armaniacum Armagnac and Fezen’ Fezensac ¹ and the vicomte of Brulhecium Brulhois and Fezensaguellum Fezensaguet , his brother, ² and also of Lagrauleto Huc de Lagraulet, damoiseau and Monte Alto Ot de Montaut, damoiseau, co-lord of Lagrauleto, de Lagraulet , and Joulino, de Beziate de Jaulin , their accomplices, both mounted and on foot and armed with prohibited weapons entered the king’s jurisdiction in the town and wounded many men and women who were burgesses and subjects of the king, killing several who were in the king’s protection, taking others and imprisoning them until they had extorted great sums of money from them, and then seizing horses, goods and other things. They then carried other goods and chattels away for their own use and raped, oppressed and abducted virgins and married women, committed arson and other damages and crimes, both by day and night, in contempt of the king and his peace and to the great cost of the king’s faithful subjects of those parts. The king, wishing to provide peace, and to indemnify his people of those parts in any manner possible, ordered the seneschal to hear all the complaints and, having obtained fuller information about the damages and crimes that were committed, do what by right, and according to the fors of those parts, ought to be done to save the king's rights and protect the consuls, inhabitants and burgess so that this matter does not come before the king again. It is now further complained that the then seneschal neglected to act, and the evildoers have killed more men and women of the town, and taken others and imprisoned them in the la Crauleto, de castle of Lagraulet , and still detain them, at a cost of 1,000 l.t.parv. , and they request that a speedy remedy be provided. ³

By C.

9 May 1320 . Fulmere Fulmer . For the consuls of Monclar .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony, or his lieutenant, to use all means possible to persuade Fossato, de Amaniu du Foussat not to injure or harm the consuls and community of Mons Clari Monclar , and if Foussat disregards this, then he should be ordered, under pain of forfeiture of body and goods, not to interfere with or harm them. The seneschal is to defend the consuls and community from any harassment inflicted by Foussat, or any of his men, or anyone in his name, and grants them the aid of the king's advocate in and outside court. It has lately come to the king's hearing that the consuls of the town of Monclar, at the order of Robert Rose , kt , late seneschal of Agennesium Agenais , were involved in the execution of judgment against some men condemned to death who were members of Foussat's household, as the consuls were bound to do through loyalty and their oath. Foussat, as a consequence, has sought many ways of harassing them, and from day to day has not ceased from doing so, on account of which the king took the consuls and community out of Foussat's jurisdiction, he formerly being the governor of the duchy, which office he held by the king's commission, and the king requested him, by his special letters, to stop harassing the consuls and community. And because the king has been informed that Foussat has not complied with the king's request, and has repeatedly threatened them, and it is not right that he should harass them, and because the king is obliged to defend them, and because Foussat should cease his attacks on them, and should extinguish his anger against them, the king wishes to defend them in what was done, as far as he can according to the law. ¹

By petition of C.

8 May 1320 . Langele Kings Langley . ¹

Order to the seneschal of Gascony, or his lieutenant, to inspect the sentence made by the judges in the case of the inhabitants of la Bourte Labourd against the nobles ( gentiles homines ), in the matter of the pasturing of cattle and horses, and the confirmation of that sentence. He should then call those who ought to be called and hear their arguments, and if he should find that the sentence and confirmation were given as is stated, and were not suspended by a further appeal, then they should be implemented, as should be done by right, and according to the fors, so that the labourers are not wrongfully troubled on this. On behalf of the inhabitants, it has been shown that, when the land was first settled, there was an enactment, and it became part of the law and fors, that cows and mares belonging to strangers should not be brought by the king's bayle and the noblemen of that land into their meadow or pasture to graze, but that the labourers ( laboratores ) pastured their cows there for a money payment made to the nobles. Then, because the nobles brought in the cows of strangers to the meadows and pastures against the law, a suit was brought before a judge, who judged the case in favour of the labourers, and the noblemen appealed to the seneschal of Gascony. Although the seneschal reviewed the process and sentence, he nevertheless confirmed them, despite which the nobles still allowed the cows to be brought on to the land against the sentence and confirmation, and burdened the land to such a degree that the labourers cannot get sufficient pasture for their cows, to their damage and impoverishment, for which they request a remedy, and the king wishes that right is done. ²

8 May 1320 . Westminster . For Henry Box, citizen of London .

Request to the échevins and consuls of Machlinen Mechlin to hear the plea of Henry Box, citizen of London , merchant concerning the recovery of money that he is owed, and do speedy justice to him so that the king does not have to provide another remedy in their default. Box has alleged that Cole, Lapide, de Niklaas [Van der Steene], called Clais Van der Steene, son of Lapide, de Niklaas Van der Steene , in the presence of the same Lapide, de Niklaas Van der Steene and Balle, de Hendrik Van der Valle , échevins of the town of Mechlin, acknowledged himself to be bound to Box in the sum of 183 l. 11 s. st. , which sum was to be paid to Box or his attorney bearing Clais Van der Steene's letters in England in the city of London or in Sancti Ivonis St Ives in the market place, at a term now long since passed, and he has still not received payment or satisfaction, to his great damage, and has requested the king's aid in the recovery of the sum.